OHIO STATEWIDE FILES - "OLD" names for illnesses
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"OLD" names for illnesses

FITS - seizures

MAD HATTER's DISEASE - mercury poisoning causing brain damage; seen in felt hat assemblers

CONSUMPTION - tuberculosis

QUINSY - tonsillitis

DROPSY - edema (swelling) associated with congestive heart failure

GROCER'S ITCH - skin disease caused by mites in sugar and flour

MALIGNANT SORE THROAT - diphtheria

GRIPPE - flu

DIARY FEVER - a fever lasting one day; notable, considering the death rate 
associated  with fevers

TRENCH MOUTH - painful ulcers and gingivitis along gum line due to poor 
nutrition and hygiene; first named after soldiers in trenches during World 
War I

MILK SICKNESS - disease from milk of cows that had eaten poisonous weeds

WINTER FEVER - pneumonia