Over time, many disease names have changed. Below is a list of some of the old terms that you may come across and their current names. Outdated Term Current Term apoplexy stroke bad blood syphilis blood poisoning septicemia (overwhelming bacterial infection) Bright's disease glomerulonephritis (serious kidney disease) consumption tuberculosis, pulmonary cretinism hypothyroidism, congenital dropsy congestive heart failure fatty liver cirrhosis glandular fever mononucleosis grippe influenza (flu) killed lots of people in 1918 jail fever typhus lock jaw tetanus lung fever pneumonia lung sickness tuberculosis plague/black death Bubonic plague podagra gout Pott's disease tuberculosis of the spinal vertebrae quinsy streptococcal tonsillitis scrofula tuberculosis of the neck lymph nodes toxemia of pregnancy eclampsia (high blood pressure & seizures) !^NavFont02F02E40007NGHHIE539AD *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* - Email From: Maggie Stewart-Zimmerman - Zimmerman Family Web Page: http://www.infinet.com/~dzimmerm/index.html - For Updates on all my Ohio Pages join the Maggie_Ohio Maillist send an email to Maggie_Ohio-L-request@rootsweb.com - Ohio County USGenWeb Pages: **Erie Co. at http://www.infinet.com/~dzimmerm/Erie/erie.htm **Franklin Co. at http://www.infinet.com/~dzimmerm/Franklin/franklin1.html **Knox Co. at http://www.infinet.com/~dzimmerm/Knox/primepg.htm **Medina Co. at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohmedina/index.htm **Miami Co. at http://www.infinet.com/~dzimmerm/Miami/miami.htm *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* - God Put Me On Earth to Accomplish a Certain Number of Things. Right Now I am so far behind, I will never die. --- Unknown *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*