Just got this in on the Foster list, thought it would be usefull to other researchers!!!!!!! J.R. Foster -----Original Message----- From: Lil' Sister <rhawkins@shreve.net> To: FOSTER-L@rootsweb.com <FOSTER-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, July 27, 1998 10:13 AM Subject: Disease Chart >Disease Chart > > > Do you know of others? Please email me. > > > Ablepsy, Blindness > Ague, Malarial Fever > American plague, Yellow fever > Anasarca, Generalized massive edema > Aphonia, Laryngitis > Aphtha, The infant disease "thrush" > Apoplexy, Paralysis due to stroke > Asphycsia/Asphicsia, Cyanotic and lack of oxygen > Atrophy, Wasting away or diminishing in size. > Bad Blood, Syphilis > Bilious fever, Typhoid malaria hepatitis or elevated temperature and bile >emesis > Biliousness, Jaundice associated with liver disease > Black plague or death, Bubonic plague > Black fever, Acute infection with high temperature and dark red skin lesions >and high mortality rate > Black pox, Black Small pox > Black vomit, Vomiting old black blood due to ulcers or yellow fever > Blackwater fever, Dark urine associated with high temperature > Bladder in throat, Diphtheria (Seen on death certificates) > Blood poisoning, Bacterial infection; septicemia > Bloody flux, Bloody stools > Bloody sweat, Sweating sickness > Bone shave, Sciatica > Brain fever, Meningitis > Breakbone, Dengue fever > Bright's disease, Chronic inflammatory disease of kidneys > Bronze John, Yellow fever > Bule, Boil tumor or swelling > Cachexy, Malnutrition > Cacogastric, Upset stomach > Cacospysy, Irregular pulse > Caduceus, Subject to falling sickness or epilepsy > Camp fever, Typhus; aka Camp diarrhea > Canine madness, Rabies; hydrophobia > Canker, Ulceration of mouth or lips or herpes simplex > Catalepsy, Seizures / trances > Catarrhal, Nose and throat discharge from cold or allergy > Cerebritis, Inflammation of cerebrum or lead poisoning > Chilblain, Swelling of extremities caused by exposure to cold > Child bed fever, Infection following birth of a child > Chin cough, Whooping cough > Chlorosis, Iron deficiency anemia > Cholera, Acute severe contagious diarrhea with intestinal lining sloughing > Cholera morbus, Characterized by nausea vomiting abdominal cramps; elevated >temperature etc. Could be appendicitis. > Cholecystitus, Inflammation of the gall bladder > Cholelithiasis, Gall stones > Chorea, Disease characterized by convulsions contortions and dancing > Cold plague, Ague which is characterized by chills > Colic, An abdominal pain and cramping > Congestive chills, Malaria > Consumption, Tuberculosis > Congestion, Any collection of fluid in an organ like the lungs > Congestive chills, Malaria with diarrhea > Congestive fever, Malaria > Corruption, Infection > Coryza, A cold > Costiveness, Constipation > Cramp colic, Appendicitis > Crop sickness, Overextended stomach > Croup, Laryngitis, diphtheria, or strep throat > Cyanosis, Dark skin color from lack of oxygen in blood > Cynanche, Diseases of throat > Cystitis, Inflammation of the bladder > Day fever, Fever lasting one day; sweating sickness > Debility, Lack of movement or staying in bed > Decrepitude, Feebleness due to old age > Delirium tremens, Hallucinations due to alcoholism > Dengue, Infectious fever endemic to East Africa > Dentition, Cutting of teeth > Deplumation, Tumor of the eyelids which causes hair loss > Diary fever, A fever that lasts one day > Diptheria ,Contagious disease of the throat > Distemper, Usually animal disease with malaise; discharge from nose and >throat; anorexia > Dock fever, Yellow fever > Dropsy, Edema (swelling) often caused by kidney or heart disease > Dropsy of the Brain, Encephalitis > Dry Bellyache, Lead poisoning > Dyscrasy, An abnormal body condition > Dysentery, Inflammation of colon with frequent passage of mucous and blood > Dysorexy, Reduced appetite > Dyspepsia, Indigestion and heartburn. Heart attack symptoms > Dysury, Difficulty in urination > Eclampsy, Symptoms of epilepsy, convulsions during labor > Ecstasy, A form of catalepsy characterized by loss of reason > Edema, Nephrosis; swelling of tissues > Edema of lungs, Congestive heart failure a form of dropsy > Eel thing, Erysipelas > Elephantiasis, A form of leprosy > Encephalitis, Swelling of brain; aka sleeping sickness > Enteric fever, Typhoid fever > Enterocolitis, Inflammation of the intestines > Enteritis, Inflations of the bowels > Epitaxis, Nose bleed > Erysipelas, Contagious skin disease due to Streptococci with vesicular and >bulbous lesions > Extravasted blood, Rupture of a blood vessel > Falling sickness, Epilepsy > Fatty Liver, Cirrhosis of liver > Fits, Sudden attack or seizure of muscle activity > Flux, An excessive flow or discharge of fluid like hemorrhage or diarrhea > Flux of humour, Circulation > French pox, Syphilis > Gathering, A collection of pus > Glandular fever, Mononucleosis > Great pox, Syphilis > Green fever / sickness, Anemia > Grippe/grip, Influenza like symptoms > Grocer's itch, Skin disease caused by mites in sugar or flour > Heart sickness, Condition caused by loss of salt from body > Heat stroke, Body temperature elevates because of surrounding environment; >temperature and body does not perspire to reduce temperature. Command death >result if not reversed > Hectical complaint, Recurrent fever > Hematemesis, Vomiting blood > Hematuria, Bloody urine > Hemiplegy, Paralysis of one side of body > Hip gout, Osteomylitis > Horrors, Delirium tremens > Hydrocephalus, Enlarged head water on the brain > Hydropericardium, Heart dropsy > Hydrophobia, Rabies > Hydrothroax, Dropsy in chest > Hypertrophic, Enlargement of organ like the heart > Impetigo ,Contagious skin disease characterized by pustules > Inanition, Physical condition resulting from lack of food > Infantile paralysis, Polio > Intestinal colic, Abdominal pain due to improper diet > Jail fever, Typhus > Jaundice, Condition caused by blockage of intestines > King's evil, Tuberculosis of neck and lymph glands > Kruchhusten, Whooping cough > Lagrippe, Influenza > Lockjaw, Tetanus or infectious disease affecting the muscles of the neck and >jaw. Untreated it is fatal in 8 days > Long sickness, Tuberculosis > Lues disease, Syphilis > Lues venera, Venereal disease > Lumbago, Back pain > Lung fever, Pneumonia > Lung sickness, Tuberculosis > Lying in, Time of delivery of infant > Malignant sore throat, Diphtheria > Mania, Insanity > Marasmus, Progressive wasting away of body like malnutrition > Membranous Croup, Diphtheria > Meningitis, Inflations of brain or spinal cord > Metritis,Inflammation of uterus or purulent vaginal discharge > Miasma, Poisonous vapors thought to infect the air > Milk fever, Disease from drinking contaminated milk like undulant fever or >brucellosis > Milk leg, Post partum thrombophlebitis > Milk sickness. Disease from milk of cattle which had eaten poisonous weeds > Mormal, Gangrene > Morphew, Scurvy blisters on the body > Mortification, Gangrene of necrotic tissue > Myelitis, Inflammation of the spine > Myocarditis, Inflammation of heart muscles > Necrosis, Mortification of bones or tissue > Nephrosis ,Kidney degeneration > Nepritis, Inflammation of kidneys > Nervous prostration, Extreme exhaustion from inability to control physical >and mental activities > Neuralgia, Described as discomfort such as "Headache" was neuralgia in head > Nostalgia, Homesickness > Palsy, Paralysis or uncontrolled movement of controlled muscles. It was >listed as "Cause of death" > Paroxysm, Convulsion > Pemphigus, Skin disease of watery blisters > Pericarditis, Inflammation of heart > Peripneumonia, Inflammation of lungs > Peritonotis, Inflammation of abdominal area > Petechial Fever, Fever characterized by skin spotting > Puerperal exhaustion, Death due to child birth > Phthiriasis, Lice infestation > Phthisis, Chronic wasting away or a name for tuberculosis > Plague, An acute febrile highly infectious disease with a high fatality rate > Pleurisy, Any pain in the chest area with each breath > Podagra, Gout > Poliomyelitis, Polio Potter's > asthma, Fibroid pthisis > Pott's disease, Tuberculosis of spine > Puerperal exhaustion, Death due to childbirth > Puerperal fever, Elevated temperature after giving birth to an infant > Purpura, A disease characterized by purple or livid spots on the skin or >mucous membrane; caused by the extroversion of blood (similar to bruises). > Puking fever, Milk sickness > Putrid fever. Diphtheria. > Quinsy. Tonsillitis. > Remitting fever, Malaria > Rheumatism, Any disorder associated with pain in joints > Rickets, Disease of skeletal system > Rose cold, Hay fever or nasal symptoms of an allergy > Rotanny fever,(Child's disease) ??? > Rubeola, German measles > Sanguineous crust, Scab > Scarlatina, Scarlet fever > Scarlet fever, A disease characterized by red rash > Scarlet rash, Roseola > Sciatica, Rheumatism in the hips > Scirrhus, Cancerous tumors > Scotomy, Dizziness; nausea and dimness of sight > Scrivener's palsy,Writer's cramp > Screws, Rheumatism > Scrofula, Tuberculosis of neck lymph glands. Progresses slowly with >abscesses and pistulas develop. > Young person's disease > Scrumpox, Skin disease; impetigo > Scurvy, Lack of vitamin C. Symptoms of weakness; > spongy gums and hemorrhages under skin > Septicemia, Blood poisoning > Shakes, Delirium tremens > Shaking, Chills; ague > Shingles, Viral disease with skin blisters > Ship fever, Typhus > Siriasis, Inflammation of the brain due to sun exposure > Sloes, Milk sickness > Small pox, Contagious disease with fever and blisters > Softening of brain, Result of stroke or hemorrhage in the brain with an end >result of the tissue softening in that area > Sore throat distemper, Diphtheria or quinsy > Spanish influenza, Epidemic influenza > Spasms,Sudden involuntary contraction of muscle or group of muscles - like a >convulsion > Spina bifida, Deformity of spine > Spotted fever, Either typhus or meningitis > Sprue, Tropical disease characterized by intestinal disorders and sore >throat > St. Anthony's fire,Named so because of affected skin areas are bright red in >appearance erysipelas- Also > St. Vitas dance, Ceaseless occurrence of rapid complex jerking movements >performed involuntary > Stomatitis,Inflammation of the mouth > Stranger's fever,Yellow fever > Strangery,Rupture > Sudor anglicus,Sweating sickness > Summer complaint,Diarrhea, usually in infants caused by spoiled milk > Sunstroke,Uncontrolled elevation of body temperature due to environment >heat. Lack of sodium in the body is a predisposing cause > Swamp sickness,Could be malaria typhoid or encephalitis > Sweating sickness,Infectious and fatal disease common to UK in 15th century > Tetanus,Infectious fever characterized by high fever; headache and dizziness > Thrombosis,Blood clot inside blood vessel > Thrush,Childhood disease characterized by spots on mouth lips and throat > Tick fever,Rocky mountain spotted fever > Toxemia of pregnancy,Eclampsia > Trench mouth,Painful ulcers found along gum line; Caused by poor nutrition >and poor hygiene > Tussis convulsiva,Whooping cough > Typhus,Infectious fever characterized high fever headache and dizziness > Variola,Smallpox > Venesection,Bleeding > Viper's dance,St. Vitus Dance > Water on brain,Enlarged head > White swelling,Tuberculosis of the bone > Winter fever,Pneumonia > Womb fever,Infection of the uterus. > Worm fit,Convulsions associated with teething, worms, elevated temperature >or diarrhea > Yellowjacket,Yellow fever. > > >Compiled by Dan Burrows and used with permission. dburrows1@juno.com > This chart may be freely copied. > >