Another word for tuberculosis is Pthsis (sp?) which is the disease listed on the death certificates of a lot of my father's family. Elizabeth C Joanne Steckling wrote: > Hi all- > I came across an article in the Wall St Journal with a list of archaic diseases found mentioned in classic literature. I thought it might help those of you who find these terms on ancestor's death certificates or in family histories: > Ague= malarial fever > Brain fever = meningitis > Catarrh= inflammation that leads to mucous discharge from nose or throat > Consumption=tuberculosis > Grippe = influenza > Humid tetter = eczema > Jail fever or ship fever = typhus > Low Spirits = depression > Lues venereal = syphillis > Morphew = scurvy blisters, caused by insufficient levels of vitamin C > Podagra= gout > Stopping = constipation > Variola = smallpox. > > Joanne Steckling > ===== > If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to roots-admin@rootsweb.com and ask for the digest... > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >