(07/12/2021) 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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