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Over
time, many disease names have changed. Below is a list
of some of the old terms that you may come across and
their current names.
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Outdated
Medical Term
|
Current
Medical Term
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| apoplexy |
stroke |
| bad
blood |
syphilis |
| blood
poisoning |
septicemia
(overwhelming bacterial infection |
| Bright's
Disease |
glomerulonephritis
(serious kidney disease) |
| consumption |
tuberculosis,
pulmonary |
| cretinism |
hypothyroidism,
congenital |
| dropsy |
congestive
heart failure |
| fatty
liver |
cirrhosis |
| glandular
fever |
mononucleosis |
| grippe |
influenza
(flu) |
| jail
fever |
typhus |
| lock
jaw |
tetanus |
| lung
fever |
pneumonia |
| lung
sickness |
tuberculosis |
| plague/black
death |
Bubonic
plague |
| podagra |
gout |
| Pott's
disease |
tuberculosis
of the spinal vertebrae |
| quinsy |
streptococcal
tonsillitis |
| scrofula |
tuberculosis
of the neck lymph nodes |
| toxemia
of pregnancy |
eclampsia
(high blood pressure & seizures) |
Please
feel free to download and print any of the available
forms:
These
documents are in Adobe PDF format
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