How many of these "old" illnesses can you name???? 1) fits 2) mad hatter's disease 3) consumption 4) quinsy 5) dropsy 6) grocer's itch; 7) malignant sore throat 8) grippe 9) diary fever 10) trench mouth 11) milk sickness 12) winter fever ANSWERS: 1) seizures 2) mercury poisoning causing brain damage; seen in felt hat assemblers 3) tuberculosis 4) tonsillitis 5) edema (swelling) associated with congestive heart failure 6) skin disease caused by mites in sugar and flour 7) diphtheria 8) flu 9) a fever lasting one day; notable, considering the death rate associated with fevers 10) painful ulcers and gingivitis along gum line due to poor nutrition and hygiene; first named after soldiers in trenches during World War I 11) disease from milk of cows that had eaten poisonous weeds 12) pneumonia