Eclampsy - Symptoms of epilepsy, convulsions during labor. Ecstasy - A form of catalepsy characterized by loss of reason. Edema - Swelling. Edema of the Lungs - Congestive heart failure, a form of dropsy. Eel Thing - Erysipelas. Effluvia - Exhalations. In the mid 19th century, they were called "vapors" and distinguished into the Contagious Effluvia, such as Rubeolar (measles); Marsh Effluvia, such as Miasmata. Elephantiasis - A form of leprosy. Encephalitis - Swelling of the brain, aka Sleeping Sickness. Emphysma, Pulmonary - A chronic, irreversible disease of the lungs. Enteric Fever - See Typhoid Fever. Enterocolitis - Inflammation of the intestines. Enteritis - Inflammation of the bowels. Epilepsy - A disorder of the nervous system, characterized either by mild, episodic loss of attention or sleepiness (petittnal) or by severe convulsions with loss of consciousness (grand mal). Synonyms: Falling Sickness, Fits. Epitaxis - Nose bleed. Erysipelas - A disease. Synonyms: Rose, Saint Anthony's Fire (from its burning heat or perhaps because St. Anthony was suppose to cure it miraculously.) Skin disease caused by an infection of the blood. Fatty Liver - Cirrhosis. Flux - See Dysentery. Flux of Humor - Circulation. Furuncle - See Boil Gangrene - Death and decay of tissue in a part of the body - usually a limb - due to injury, disease or failure of blood supply. Synonym: Mortification. Gathering - A collection of pus. Glandular Fever - Mononucleosis Gleet - See Catarrh Gravel - A disease characterized by small stones which are formed in the kidneys, passed along the ureters to the bladder and expelled with the urine. Synonym: Kidney Stone. Grippe - An old term for Influenza. Grocer's Itch - Skin disease caused by mites in sugar and flour. Heart Sickness - Condition cause by loss of salt from the body. Hectic Fever - A daily recurring fever with profound sweating, chills and flushed appearance. Often associated with pulmonary tuberculosis or septic poisoning. Hectical Complaint - Recurrent fever. Hematemesis - Vomiting blood. Hematuria - Bloody urine. Hospital Fever - See Typhus Hydrocephalus - See Dropsy Hydrothorax - See Dropsy Icterus - See Jaundice Inanition - Exhaustion from lack of nourishment; starvation. Infection - In the early part of the last century, infections were thought to be the propagation of disease by effluvia (see above) from patients crowded together. "Miasms" were believed to be substances which could not be seen in any form - emanations not apparent to the senses. Such miasms were understood to act by infection. Inflammation - Redness, swelling, pain, tenderness, heat and disturbed function of an area of the body. In the last century, cause of death often was listed as inflammation of a body organ such as brain or lung, but this was purely a descriptive term and is not helpful in identifying the actual underlying disease. Jail Fever - See Typhus Jaundice - Yellow discoloration of the skin, whites of the eyes and mucous membranes due to an increase of bile pigment in the blood. Synonym: Icterus. Kidney Stone - See Gravel Kings Evil - A popular name for Scrofula. The name originated in the time of Edward the Confessor with the belief that the disease could be cured by the touch of the King of England. Lockjaw - Tetanus. A disease in which the jaws become firmly locked together. Synonyms: Trismus, Tetanus. Lung Fever - Pneumonia Lung Sickness - Tuberculosis Malignant Fever - See Typhus. Marasmus - Malnutrition occurring in infants and young children, caused by an insufficient intake of calories or protein. Meningitis - Inflammation of the meninges characterized by high fever, severe headache and stiff neck or back muscles. Synonym: Brain Fever. Milk Sick - Poisoning resulting from the drinking of milk produced by a cow who had eaten a plant known as White Snake Root. Mormal - Gangrene Neuralgia - Sharp and paroxysmal pain along the course of a sensory nerve. Paristhmitis - See Quinsy Petechial Fever - See Typhus. Phthisis - See Consumption. Plague\Black Death - Bubonic Plague Pleursy - Inflammation of the pleura, the lining of the chest cavity. Symptoms are chills, fever, dry cough and pain in the affected side (a stitch) Pneumonia - Inflammation of the lungs Podagra - Gout Potts Disease - Tuberculosis of the spinal vertebrae Putrid Fever - See Typhus. Putrid Sore Throat - Ulceration of an acute form, attacking the tonsils. Pyrexia - See Dysentery. Quinsy - An acute inflammation of the tonsils, often leading to an abscess. Synonyms: Suppurative Tonsillitis, Cynanche Tonsillaris, Paristhmitis, Sore Throat. Scarlatina - Scarlet Fever. A contagious disease. Scrofula - Primary tuberculosis of the lymphatic glands, especially those in the neck. A disease of children and young adults. Synonym: King's Evil. Septic - Infected, a condition of local or generalized invasion of the body by disease-causing germs. Ship Fever - See Typhus Softening of the Brain - Cerebral Hemorrhage\Stroke Spotted Fever - See Typhus Summer Complaint - See Cholera Infantum Suppuration - The production of pus. Teething - The entire process which results in the eruption of the teeth. 19th century medical reports stated that infants were mroe prone to disease at the time of teething. Symptoms were restlessness, fretfulness, convulsions, diarrhea and painful and swollen gums. The latter could be relieved by lancing over the protruding tooth. Often teething was reported as a cause of death in infants. Perhaps they became susceptible to infections, especially if lancing was performed without antisepsis. Another explanation of teething as a cause of death is that infants were often weaned at the time of teething; perhaps they then died from drinking contaminated milk, leading to an infection or from malnutrition if watered-down milk was given. Tetanus - An infectious, often fatal disease caused by a specific bacterium that enters the body through wounds. Synonyms: Trismus, Lockjaw. Thrush - A disease characterized by whitish spots and ulcers on the membranes of the mouth, tongue & face caused by a parasitic fungus. Synonyms: Aphthae, Sore Mouth, Aphthous Stomatitis. Trismus Nascentium or Neonatorum - A form of tetanus seen only in infants, almost invariable in the first five days of life. Typhoid Fever - An infectious, often fatal disease, usually occurring in the summer months, characterized by intestinal inflammation and ulceration. The name came from the disease's similarity to Typhus. Synonym: Enteric Fever. Typhus - An acute, infectious disease transmitted by lice and fleas. 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