Names of Old Time Illnesses beginning with
P :
Compiled by Daniel H. Burrows
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Palsy : Paralysis or uncontrolled movement of controlledmuscles. It was listed as “Cause of death”
Paroxysm : Convulsion
Pemphigus : Skin disease of watery blisters
Pericarditis : Inflammation of heart
Peripneumonia : Inflammation of lungs
Peritonotis : Inflammation of abdominal area
Petechial Fever : Fever characterized by skin spotting
Phthiriasis : Lice infestation
Phthisis : Chronic wasting away or a name for tuberculosis
Plague : An acute febrile highly infectious disease with a high fatality rate
Pleurisy : Any pain in the chest area with each breath
Podagra : Gout
PolioPotter’s asthma : Fibroid pthisis
Pott’s disease : Tuberculosis of spine
Puerperal exhaustion : Death due to child birth
Puerperal fever : Elevated temperature after giving birth to aninfant
Puking : fever Milk sickness
Putrid : fever Diphtheria
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