Outdated medical terminology, which has changed over time, which you might find in genealogical records [from a Genealogy.Com webpage.] Outdated Term Current Term apoplexy stroke bad blood syphilis blood poisoning septicemia (overwhelming bacterial infection) Bright's disease glomerulonephritis (serious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)