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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