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Common Diseases ...Common names for diseases at the time. Link to Disease Chart. Disease Name - Symptoms, descriptionApoplexy - Paralysis due to stroke Brain Fever - MeningitisBright's Disease - Chronic inflammatory disease of kidneys Child bed fever - Infection following birth of a child Cholera - Acute severe contagious diarrhea with intestinal lining sloughingCholera morbus - Characterized by nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, elevated temperature, etc. Could be appendicitis Congestive chills/ fever - MalariaConsumption - Tuberculosis Decrepitude - Feebleness due to old ageDropsy - Edema (swelling), often caused by kidney or heart disease Dropsy of the Brain - EncephalitisDysentery - Inflammation of colon with frequent passage of mucous and blood Encephalitis - Swelling of brain; aka sleeping sicknessFalling sickness - Epilepsy Flux - An excessive flow or discharge of fluid like hemorrhage or diarrheaGrippe/grip - Influenza like symptoms Jaundice - Condition caused by blockage of intestinesLagrippe - Influenza Lockjaw - Tetanus or infectious disease affecting the muscles of the neck and jaw. Untreated, it is fatal in 8 daysLung fever - Pneumonia Lung sickness - TuberculosisMeningitis - Inflation of brain or spinal cord Nephrosis - Kidney degenerationNepritis - Inflammation of kidneys Quinsy - Abscess behind tonsilsSmall pox - Contagious disease with fever and blisters Summer complaint - Diarrhea, usually in infants caused by spoiled milkTetanus - Infectious fever characterized by high fever, headache and dizziness Trench mouth - apathos ulcers or a virus diseaseThrush - Childhood disease characterized by spots on mouth, lips and throat Tuberculosis - Bacterial infection that primarily attacks the lungs, but which may also affect the kidneys, bones, lymph nodes, and brain. Symptoms of TB include coughing, chest pain, shortness of breath, loss of appetite, weight loss, fever, chills, and fatigue.Typhus - Infectious fever characterized high fever, headache, and dizziness Winter fever - Pneumonia
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