Can you name the modern equivalents of these historical ailments?

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  • Try to guess the more modern terms for these old/outdated descriptors of a variety of maladies. This is my first quiz so go easy. Advice, additions, and constructive criticism always welcome!
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Olde AilmentModern diseaseNotes
Consumption
Breakbone fever
Canine Madness
Bone Shave
Ague/Blackwater fever
Falling sickness
Bad Blood / French Pox
Horrors / Jazz hands
Olde AilmentModern diseaseNotes
American plague / Bronze John / Dock Fever / Yellow Jacket
Apoplexy
Grippe
Lockjaw
Hospital Fever / Ship Fever / Jail Fever / Irish Fever
Rose cold
Podagra
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Name the olde disease Quiz

  1. by balakalak
  • Created May 3, 2011 in History
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