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Old Illnesses - I

Todays list of old illnesses are A - E
A
Ablepsy = Blindness
Ague = Malarial Fever
American plague = Yellow fever.
Anasarca = Generalized massive edema.
Aphonia = Laryngitis.
Aphtha = The infant disease “thrush”.
Apoplexy = Paralysis due to stroke.
Asphycsia/Asphicsia =Cyanotic and lack of oxygen.
Atrophy =Wasting away or diminishing in size.
B
Bad Blood = Syphilis
Bilious fever = Typhoid, malaria, hepatitis or elevated […]

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