| By Bob Weaver
The 21st Century public is well educated on medical terminology by TV and magazine ads, publicizing the latest prescription medications for every disease and malady.
With over 150 years since the Civil War, it is fascinating to look at a list of medical conditions and terminology, most that have faded with time.
Abcpsia - Blindness
Aphonia - Loss of voice
Bad Blood - Used to avoid the Syphilis word
Chin Cough - Whooping cough
Consumption - Tuberculosis
Cramp Colic - Appendicitis
Delirium Tremens - Hallucinations from alcohol withdraw
Dyspepsia - Acid indigestion
Flux- Discharge of body fluid
Galloping Consumption - Pulmonary TB
Grip - Influenza
Jail Fever - Typhus
Miasma - Poisonous vapors thought to fill the air
Paronychia - Painful puss-producing inflammation at end of toe or finger
Parotitis - Mumps
Putrid Fever - Diphtheria/Typhus
St. Vitis Dance - Nervous twitches
Screws - Rheumatism
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