First of all, I want to say thanks to my AHSGR friends and the thoughtful and cheerful gift that was sent to me at the hospital. Also thanks for the get-well cards. I am home and doing well. Modern medicine is amazing! My recent experience has certainly helped me to see the importance of knowing your family medical history. With that in mind, I'd like to share some archaic medical terms that you might find while researching your ancestors (Family Tree Magazine):
Rheumatic fever: Fever, swollen joints and inflammation of heart valves
Scarletina: Scarlet fever
Sugar diabetes: Diabetes mellitus
Pleurisy: Inflammation of the membrane around the lungs, often from pneumonia
Phytogenic fever: Typhoid fever
Cachexia: Wasting away from poor nutrition due to illness
Black lung: Anthracosis
Dry bellyache: Lead poisoning
Apoplexy: Sudden brain impairment, as in a stroke
Marsh fever: Malaria
Dipsomania: Alcoholism
Flux: Diarrhea
Here are two more that I've found in my family research:
Dropsy: An abnormal accumulation of fluid in the body, sometimes associated with heart or kidney disease
Pott's Disease: Tuberculosis of the spine
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