Charts Page  CHARTS FOR REFERENCE IN GENEALOGY RESEARCHI would like to thank Daniel Burrows for giving permission to publish his charts and am pleased to make them a part of my Website. They include:GLOSSARY CHART - OCCUPATION CHART - WAR CHART - DISEASE CHART. GLOSSARY CHARTABSTRACT - Summary of important points of a given text, especially deedsand wills.ACRE - See measurements.ADMINISTRATION (of estate) - The collection, management and distributionof an estate by proper legal process.ADMINISTRATOR (of estate) - Person appointed to manage or divide theestate of a deceased person.ADMINISTRATRIX - A female administrator.AFFIDAVIT - A statement in writing, sworn to before proper authority.ALIEN - Foreigner.AMERICAN REVOLUTION - U.S. war for independence from Great Britain 1775 -1783.ANCESTOR - A person from whom you are descended; a forefather.ANTE - Latin prefix meaning before, such as in ante-bellum South, "TheSouth before the war"APPRENTICE - One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement or byany means to serve another person for a certain time, with a view oflearning an art or trade.APPURTENANCE - That which belongs to something else such as a building,orchard, right of way, etc.ARCHIVES - Records of a government, organization, institution; the placewhere records are stored.ATTEST - To affirm; to certify by signature or oath.BANNS - Public announcement of intended marriage.BENEFICIARY - One who receives benefit of trust or property.BEQUEATH - To give personal property to a person in a will. Noun --bequest.BOND - Written, signed, witnessed agreement requiring payment of aspecified amount of money on or before a given date.BOUNTY LAND WARRANT - A right to obtain land, specific number of acres ofunallocated public land, granted for military service.CENSUS - Official enumeration, listing or counting of citizens.CERTIFIED COPY - A copy made and attested to by officers having charge ofthe original and authorized to give copies.CHAIN - See measurements.CHATTEL - Personal property which can include animate as well asinanimate properties.CHRISTEN - To receive or initiate into the visible church by baptism; toname at baptism; to give a name to.CIRCA - About, near, or approximate -- usually referring to a date.CIVIL WAR - War between the States; war between North and South, 1861 -65.CODICIL - Addition to a will.COLLATERAL ANCESTOR - Belong to the same ancestral stock but not indirect line of descent; opposed to lineal such as aunts, uncles &cousins.COMMON ANCESTOR - Ancestor shared by any two people.CONFEDERATE - Pertaining to the Southern states which seceded from theU.S. in 1860 - 1, their government and their citizens.CONSANGUINITY - Blood relationship.CONSORT - Usually, a wife whose husband is livingCONVEYANCE - See deed.COUSIN - Relative descended from a common ancestor, but not a brother orsister.DAUGHTER-IN-LAW - Wife of one's son.DECEASED - Dead.DECEDENT - A deceased person.DECLARATION OF INTENTION - First paper, sworn to and filed in court, byan alien stating that he wants to be come a citizen.DEED - A document by which title in real property is transferred from oneparty to another.DEPOSITION - A testifying or testimony taken down in writing under oathof affirmation in reply to interrogatories, before a competent officer toreplace to oral testimony of a witness.DEVISE - Gift of real property by will.DEVISEE - One to whom real property (land) is given in a will.DEVISOR - One who gives real property in a will.DISSENTER - One who did not belong to the established church, especiallythe Church of England in the American colonies.DISTRICT LAND OFFICE PLAT BOOK - Books or rather maps which show thelocation of the land patentee.DISTRICT LAND OFFICE TRACT BOOK - Books which list individual entries byrange and township.DOUBLE DATING - A system of double dating used in England and Americafrom 1582-1752 because it was not clear as to whether the year commencedJanuary 1 or March 25DOWER - Legal right or share which a wife acquired by marriage in thereal estate of her husband, allotted to her after his death for herlifetime.EMIGRANT - One leaving a country and moving to another.ENUMERATION - Listing or counting , such as a census.EPITAPH - An inscription on or at a tomb or grave in memory of the oneburied there.ESCHEAT - The reversion of property to the state when there are noqualified heirs.ESTATE - All property and debts belonging to a person.ET AL - Latin for "and others".ET UX - Latin for "and wife".ET UXOR - And his wife. Sometimes written simply Et Ux.EXECUTOR - One appointed in a will to carry out its provisions. Female =ExecutrixFATHER-IN-LAW - Father of one's spouse.FEE - An estate of inheritance in land, being either fee simple or feetail. An estate in land held of a feudal lord on condition of theperforming of certain services.FEE SIMPLE - An absolute ownership without restriction.FEE TAIL - An estate of inheritance limited to lineal descendant heirs ofa person to whom it was granted.FRANKLIN, STATE OF - An area once known but never officially recognizedand was under consideration from 1784 - 1788 from the western part ofNorth Carolina.FRATERNITY - Group of men (or women) sharing a common purpose orinterest.FREE HOLD - An estate in fee simple, in fee tail, or for life.FRIEND - Member of the Religious Society of Friends; a Quaker.FURLONG - See measurements.GAZETTEER - A geographical dictionary; a book giving names anddescriptions of places usually in alphabetical order.GENEALOGY - Study of family history and descent.GENTLEMAN - A man well born.GIVEN NAME - Name given to a person at birth or baptism, one's first andmiddle names.GLEBE - Land belonging to a parish church.GRANTEE - One who buys property or receives a grant.GRANTOR - One who sells property or makes a grant.GREAT-AUNT - Sister of one's grandparentGREAT-UNCLE - Brother of one's grandparent.GUARDIAN - Person appointed to care for and manage property of a minororphan or an adult incompetent of managing his own affairs.HALF BROTHER/HALF SISTER - Child by another marriage of one's mother orfather; the relationship of two people who have only one parent incommon.HEIRS - Those entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inheritproperty from another.HOLOGRAPHIC WILL - One written entirely in the testator's ownhandwriting.HOMESTEAD ACT - Law passed by Congress in 1862 allowing a head of afamily to obtain title to 160 acres of public land after clearing andimproving it for 5 years.HUGUENOT - A French Protestant in the 16th and 17th centuries. One of thereformed or calvinistic communion who were driven by the thousands intoexile in England, Holland, Germany and America.ILLEGITIMATE - Born to a mother who was not married to the child'sfather.IMMIGRANT - One moving into a country from another.INDENTURE - Today it means a contract in 2 or more copies. Originallymade in 2 parts by cutting or tearing a single sheet across the middle ina jagged line so the two parts may later be matched.INDENTURED SERVANT - One who bound himself into service of another personfor a specified number of years, often in return for transportation tothis country.INFANT - Any person not of full age; a minor.INSTANT - Of or pertaining to the current month. (Abbreviated inst.)INTESTATE - One who dies without a will or dying without a will.INVENTORY - An account, catalog or schedule, made by an executor oradministrator of all the goods and chattels and sometimes of the realestate of a deceased person.ISSUE - Offspring; children; lineal descendants of a common ancestor.LATE - Recently deceased.LEASE - An agreement which creates a landlord - tenant situation.LEGACY - Property or money left to someone in a willLEGISLATURE - Lawmaking branch of state or national government; electedgroup of lawmakers.LIEN - A claim against property as security for payment of a debt.LINEAGE - Ancestry; direct descent from a specific ancestor.LINEAL - Consisting of or being in as direct line of ancestry ordescendants; descended in a direct line.LINK - See measurements.LIS PENDENS - Pending court action; usually applies to land title claims.LODGE - A chapter or meeting hall of a fraternal organization.LOYALIST - Tory, an American colonist who supported the British sideduring the American Revolution.MAIDEN NAME - A girl's last name or surname before she marries.MANUSCRIPT - A composition written with the hand as an ancient book or anun-printed modern book or music.MARRIAGE BOND - A financial guarantee that no impediment to the marriageexisted, furnished by the intended bridegroom or by his friends.MATERNAL - Related through one's mother, such as a Maternal grandmotherbeing the mother's mother.MEASUREMENTS - Link - 7.92 inches; Chain - 100 Links or 66 feet;Furlong - 1000 Links or 660 feet; Rod - 5 1/2 yds or 16 1/2 ft (alsocalled a perch or pole); Rood - From 5 1/2 yards to 8 yards, dependingon locality; Acre - 43,560 square ft or 160 square rods.MESSUAGE - A dwelling house.METES & BOUNDS - Property described by natural boundaries, such as 3notches in a white oak tree, etc.MICROFICHE - Sheet of microfilm with greatly reduced images of pages ofdocuments.MICROFILM - Reproduction of documents on film at reduced size.MIGRANT - Person who moves from place to place, usually in search of workMIGRATE - To move from one country or state or region to another. (Noun :migration)MILITIA - Citizens of a state who are not part of the national militaryforces but who can be called into military service in an emergency; acitizen army, apart from the regular military forces.MINOR - One who is under legal age; not yet a legal adult.MISTER - In early times, a title of respect given only to those who heldimportant civil officer or who were of gentle blood.MOIETY - A half; an indefinite portionMORTALITY - Death; death rate.MORTALITY SCHEDULES - Enumeration of persons who died during the yearprior to June 1 of 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 in each state of the UnitedStates, conducted by the bureau of census.MORTGAGE - A conditional transfer of title to real property as securityfor payment of a debt.MOTHER-IN-LAW - Mother of one's spouse.NAMESAKE - Person named after another person.NECROLOGY - Listing or record of persons who have died recentlyNEE - Used to identify a woman's maiden name; born with the surnameof.NEPHEW - Son of one's brother or sister.NIECE - Daughter of one's brother or sister.NONCUPATIVE WILL - One declared or dictated by the testator, usually forpersons in last sickness, sudden illness, or military.ORPHAN - Child whose parents are dead; sometimes, a child who has lostone parent by death.ORPHAN'S COURT - Orphans being recognized as wards of the states,provisions were made for them in special courts.PASSENGER LIST - A ships list of passengers, usually referring to thoseships arriving in the US from Europe.PATENT - Grant of land from a government to an individual.PATERNAL - Related to one's father. Paternal grandmother is the father'smother.PATRIOT - One who loves his country and supports its interests.PEDIGREE - Family tree; ancestry.PENSION - Money paid regularly to an individual, especially by agovernment as reward for military service during wartime or uponretirement from government service.PENSIONER - One who receives a pension.PERCH - See measurements.POLE - See measurements.POLL - List or record of persons, especially for taxing or voting.POST - Latin prefix meaning after, as in post-war economy.POSTERITY - Descendants; those who come after.POWER OF ATTORNEY - When a person in unable to act for himself, heappoints another to act in his behalf.PRE - Latin prefix meaning before, as in pre-war military build-up.PRE-EMOTION RIGHTS - Right given by the federal government to citizens tobuy a quarter section of land or less.PROBATE - Having to do with wills and the administration of estates.PROGENITOR - A direct ancestor.PROGENY - Descendants of a common ancestor; issue.PROVED WILL - A will established as genuine by probate court.PROVOST - A person appointed to superintend, or preside over something.PROXIMO - In the following month, in the month after the present one.PUBLIC DOMAIN - Land owned by the government.QUAKER - Member of the Religious Society of Friends.QUITCLAIM - A deed conveying the interest of the party at that time.RECTOR - A clergyman; the ruler or governor of a country.RELICT - Widow; surviving spouse when one has died, husband or wife.REPUBLIC - Government in which supreme authority lies with the people ortheir elected representatives.REVOLUTIONARY WAR - U.S. war for independence from Great Britain 1775 -1783.ROD - See measurements.ROOD - See measurements.SHAKER - Member of a religious group formed in 1747 which practicedcommunal living and celibacy.SIBLING - Person having one or both parents in common with another; abrother or sister.SIC - Latin meaning thus; copied exactly as the original reads. Oftensuggests a mistake or surprise in the original.SON-IN-LAW - Husband of one's daughter.SPINSTER - A woman still unmarried; or one who spins.SPONSOR - A bondsman; surety.SPOUSE - Husband or wife.STATUTE - Law.STEP-BROTHER / STEP-SISTER - Child of one's step-father or step-mother.STEP-CHILD - Child of one's husband or wife from a previous marriage.STEP-FATHER - Husband of one's mother by a later marriage.STEP-MOTHER - Wife of one's father by a later marriage.SURNAME - Family name or last name.TERRITORY - Area of land owned by the united States, not a state, buthaving its own legislature and governor.TESTAMENTARY - Pertaining to a will.TESTATE - A person who dies leaving a valid will.TESTATOR - A person who makes a valid will before his death.TITHABLE - Taxable.TITHE - Formerly, money due as a tax for support of the clergy or church.TORY - Loyalist; one who supported the British side in the AmericanRevolution.TOWNSHIP - A division of U.S. public land that contained 36 sections, or36 square miles. Also a subdivision of the county in many Northeasternand Midwestern states of the U.S.TRADITION - The handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs,genealogies, etc. from generation to generation, especially by word ofmouth.TRANSCRIBE - To make a copy in writing.ULTIMO - In the month before this one.UNION - The United States; also the North during the Civil War, thestates which did not secede.VERBATIM - Word for word; in the same words, verbally.VITAL RECORDS - Records of birth, death, marriage or divorce.VITAL STATISTICS - Data dealing with birth, death, marriage or divorce.WAR BETWEEN THE STATES - U.S. Civil War, 1861 - 1865.WARD - Chiefly the division of a city for election purposes.WILL - Document declaring how a person wants his property divided afterhis death.WITNESS - One who is present at a transaction, such as a sale of land orsigning of a will, who can testify or affirm that it actually took place.WPA HISTORICAL RECORDS SURVEY - A program undertaken by the US Government1935 - 1936 in which inventories were compiled of historical material.YEOMAN - A servant, an attendant or subordinate official in a royalhousehold; a subordinate of a sheriff; an independent farmer.OCCUPATIONS CHARTAccomptant AccountantAlmoner Giver of charity to the needyAmanuensis Secretary or stenographerArtificer A soldier mechanic who does repairsBailie BailiffBaxter BakerBluestocking Female writerBoniface Keeper of an innBrazier One who works with brassBrewster Beer manufacturerBrightsmith Metal WorkerBurgonmaster MayorCaulker One who filled up cracks (in ships or windows) or seems to make them watertight by using tar or oakum-hemp fiber produced by taking old ropes apartChaisemaker Carriage makerChandler Dealer or trader; one who makes or sells candles; retailer of groceriesChiffonnier Wig makerClark ClerkClerk Clergyman, clericClicker The servant of a salesman who stood at the door to invite customers; one who received the matter in the galley from the compositors and arranged it in due form ready for printing; one who makes eyelet holes in boots using a machine which clicked. Cohen PriestCollier Coal minerColporteur Peddler of booksCooper One who makes or repairs vessels made of staves & hoops, such as casks, barrels, tubs, etc.Cordwainer Shoemaker, originally any leather worker using leather from Cordova/Cordoba in SpainCostermonger Peddler of fruits and vegetablesCrocker PotterCrowner CoronerCurrier One who dresses the coat of a horse with a curry comb; one who tanned leather by incorporating oil or greaseDocker Stevedore, dock worker who loads and unloads cargoDowser One who finds water using a rod or witching stickDraper A dealer in dry goodsDrayman One who drives a long strong cart without fixed sides for carrying heavy loadsDresser A surgeon's assistant in a hospitalDrover One who drives cattle, sheep, etc. to market; a dealer in cattleDuffer PeddlerFactor Agent, commission merchant; one who acts or transacts business for another; Scottish steward or bailiff of an estateFarrier A blacksmith, one who shoes horsesFaulkner FalconerFell monger One who removes hair or wool from hides in preparation for leather makingFletcher One who made bows and arrowsFuller One who fulls cloth;one who shrinks and thickens woolen cloth by moistening, heating, and pressing; one who cleans and finishes clothGaoler A keeper of the goal, a jailerGlazier Window glassmanHacker Maker of hoesHatcheler One who combed out or carded flaxHaymonger Dealer in hayHayward Keeper of fencesHiggler Itinerant peddlerHillier Roof tilerHind A farm laborerHolster A groom who took care of horses, often at an innHooker ReaperHooper One who made hoops for casks and barrelsHuckster Sells small waresHusbandman A farmer who cultivated the landJagger Fish peddlerJourneyman One who had served his apprenticeship and mastered his craft, not bound to serve a master, but hired by the dayJoyner/Joiner A skilled carpenterKeeler BargemanKempster Wool comberLardner Keeper of the cupboardLavender Washer womanLederer Leather makerLeech PhysicianLongshoreman StevedoreLormer Maker of horse gearMalender FarmerMaltster BrewerManciple A stewardMason BricklayerMintmaster One who issued local currencyMonger Seller of goods (ale, fish)Muleskinner TeamsterNeatherder Herds cowsOrdinary Keeper Innkeeper with fixed pricesPattern Maker A maker of a clog shod with an iron ring. A clog was a wooden pole with a pattern cut into the endPeregrinator Itinerant wandererPeruker A wig makerPettifogger A shyster lawyerPigman Crockery dealerPlumber One who applied sheet lead for roofing and set lead frames for plain or stained glass windows.Porter Door keeperPuddler Wrought iron workerQuarrier Quarry workerRigger Hoist tackle workerRipper Seller of fishRoper Maker of rope or netsSaddler One who makes, repairs or sells saddles or other furnishings for horsesSawbones PhysicianSawyer One who saws; carpenterSchumacker ShoemakerScribler A minor or worthless authorScrivener Professional or public copyist or writer; notary publicScrutiner Election judgeShrieve SheriffSlater RooferSlopseller Seller of ready-made clothes in a slop shopSnobscat/Snob One who repaired shoesSorter TailorSpinster A woman who spins or an unmarried womanSpurrer Maker of spursSquire Country gentleman; farm owner; justice of peaceStuff gown Junior barristerStuff gownsman Junior barristerSupercargo Officer on merchant ship who is in charge of cargo and the commercial concerns of the shipTanner One who tans (cures) animal hides into leatherTapley One who puts the tap in an ale caskTasker ReaperTeamster One who drives a team for haulingThatcher RooferTide waiter Customs inspectorTinker Am itinerant tin pot and pan seller and repairmanTipstaff PolicemanTravers Toll bridge collectionTucker Cleaner of cloth goodsTurner A person who turns wood on a lathe into spindlesVictualer A tavern keeper, or one who provides an army, navy, or ship with food suppliesVulcan BlacksmithWagoner Teamster not for hireWainwright Wagon makerWaiter Customs officer or tide waiter; one who waited on the tide to collect duty on goods brought inWaterman Boatman who plies for hireWebster Operator of loomsWharfinger Owner of a wharfWheelwright One who made or repaired wheels; wheeled carriages, etc.Whitesmith Tinsmith; worker of iron who finishes or polishes the workWhitewing Street sweeperWhitster Bleach of clothWright Workman, especially a construction workerYeoman Farmer who owns his own landWAR CHARTWAR DATES AREAFrench-Spanish 1565-67 FloridaEnglish-French 1613-1629 CanadaAnglo-French 1629 St.Lawrence Riv.Pequot War 1636-37 New England??? 1640-45 New NetherlandIroquois 1642-53 New Eng.; AcadiaAnglo-Dutch July 1653 New NetherlandBacon's Rebellion 1675-76 VirginiaKing Philip's 1675-76 New EnglandWar In North 1676-78 MaineCulpepper's Reb'n 1677-80 Carolinas Leisler's Rebellion 1688-91 New EnglandRevolution in MD 1689 MarylandGlorious Revolution 1689 New EnglandKing Willliam's War 1689-97 CanadaQueen Anne's 1702-13 New EnglandTuscarora 1711-12 VirginiaJenkin's Ear 1739-42 FloridaKing George's 1740 GA & VALouisbourg 1745 New EnglandFort Necessity 1754 OhioAnglo-French 1755-58 CanadaFrench & Indian 1754-63 New Eng;VASiege of Quebec 1759 CanadaAmerican Revolution 1775-83 USAWyoming Valley 1782-87 PennsylvaniaShay's Rebellion 12/1786-1/1787 MassachusettsWhiskey Insurrection 1794 PennsylvaniaNorthwestern Indian 1790-95 OhioWar with France 1798-1800 NavalWar with Tripoli(Naval) 1801-05 North Coast AfricaBurr's Insurrection 1806-1807 South Mississippi ValleyChesapeake (Naval) 1807 VirginiaNorthwestern Indian 1811 IndianaFlorida Seminole Indian 1812 FL (GA Volunteers)War of 1812 1812-15 GeneralPeoria Indian 1813 IllinoisCreek Indian 1813-14 SouthLafitte's Pirates 1814 LocalBarbary Pirates 1815 North Coast AfricaSeminole Indian 1817-18 FL & GALafitte's Pirates 1821 GalvestonArickaree Indian 1823 Missouri Riv;Dakota TerrFever River Indian 1827 IllinoisWinnebago Indian 1827 Wisonsin Sac & Fox Indian 1831 IllinoisBlack Hawk 1832 Illinois & WisconsinToledo 1835-36 Ohio & MichaganTexan 1835-36 TexasIndian Stream 1835-36 New HampshireCreek Indian 1836-37 Georgia & AlabamaFlorida (Seminole) 1835-42 FL, GA, & ALSabine / Southwestern 1836-37 Louisiana IndianCherokee 1836-38 ---Osage Indian 1837 MissouriHeatherly Distrubance 1836 MissouriMormon 1838 MissouriAroostook 1839 MaineDorr's Rebellion 1842 Rhode IslandMormon 1844 IllinoisMexican 1846-1848 MexicoCayuse Indian 1847-48 OregonTX & NM Indian 1849-55 ---California Indian 1851-52 ---Utah Indian 1850-53 ---Rogue River Indian 1851,1853,1856 OregonOregon Indian 1854 OregonNicaraguan 1854-58 NavalKansas Troubles 1854-59 KansasYakima Indian 1855 LocalKlamath & Salmon 1855 Oregon & Idaho River IndianFlorida Indian 1855-58 FloridaJohn Brown's Raid 1859 VAWar of Rebellion 1860-65 GeneralCheyenne 1861-64 LocalSioux 1862-63 MinnesotaIndian Campaign 1865-68 OR, ID, CAFenian Invasion of 1866 From New England CanadaIndian Campaign 1867-69 KS, CO & Ind. Terr.Modac Indian 1872-73 OregonApaches 1873 ArizonaIndian Campaigns 1874-75 KS, CO, TX, NM, & Indian TerritoryCheyenne & Sioux 1876-77 DakotaNez Perce 1877 IdahoBannock 1878 ID, Washington Terr. & Wyoming Terr.White Riv. (Ute Ind.) 1879 Utah & ColoradpCheyenne 1878-79 Dakota & MontanaSpanish-American 1898-99 CubaPhillippine Insurrection1899-1902 Philippine IslandsDISEASE CHARTAblepsy - BlindnessAgue - Malarial FeverAmerican plague - Yellow feverAnasarca - Generalized massive edemaAphonia - LaryngitisAphtha - The infant disease "thrush"Apoplexy - Paralysis due to strokeAsphycsia/Asphicsia - Cyanotic and lack of oxygenAtrophy - Wasting away or diminishing in size.Bad Blood - SyphilisBilious fever - Typhoid, malaria, hepatitis or elevated temperature andbile emesisBiliousness - Jaundice associated with liver diseaseBlack plague or death - Bubonic plagueBlack fever - Acute infection with high temperature and dark red skinlesions and high mortality rateBlack pox - Black Small poxBlack vomit - Vomiting old black blood due to ulcers or yellow feverBlackwater fever - Dark urine associated with high temperatureBladder in throat - Diphtheria (Seen on death certificates)Blood poisoning - Bacterial infection; septicemiaBloody flux - Bloody stoolsBloody sweat - Sweating sicknessBone shave - SciaticaBrain fever - MeningitisBreakbone - Dengue feverBright's disease - Chronic inflammatory disease of kidneysBronze John - Yellow feverBule - Boil, tumor or swellingCachexy - MalnutritionCacogastric - Upset stomachCacospysy - Irregular pulseCaduceus - Subject to falling sickness or epilepsyCamp fever - Typhus; aka Camp diarrheaCanine madness - Rabies, hydrophobiaCanker - Ulceration of mouth or lips or herpes simplexCatalepsy - Seizures / trancesCatarrhal - Nose and throat discharge from cold or allergyCerebritis - Inflammation of cerebrum or lead poisoningChilblain - Swelling of extremities caused by exposure to coldChild bed fever - Infection following birth of a childChin cough - Whooping coughChlorosis - Iron deficiency anemiaCholera - Acute severe contagious diarrhea with intestinal liningsloughingCholera morbus - Characterized by nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps,elevated temperature, etc. Could be appendicitisCholecystitus - Inflammation of the gall bladderCholelithiasis - Gall stonesChorea - Disease characterized by convulsions, contortions and dancingCold plague - Ague which is characterized by chillsColic - An abdominal pain and crampingCongestive chills - MalariaConsumption - TuberculosisCongestion - Any collection of fluid in an organ, like the lungsCongestive chills - Malaria with diarrheaCongestive fever - MalariaCorruption - InfectionCoryza - A coldCostiveness - ConstipationCramp colic - AppendicitisCrop sickness - Overextended stomachCroup - Laryngitis, diphtheria, or strep throatCyanosis - Dark skin color from lack of oxygen in bloodCynanche - Diseases of throatCystitis - Inflammation of the bladderDay fever - Fever lasting one day; sweating sicknessDebility - Lack of movement or staying in bedDecrepitude - Feebleness due to old ageDelirium tremens - Hallucinations due to alcoholismDengue - Infectious fever endemic to East AfricaDentition - Cutting of teethDeplumation - Tumor of the eyelids which causes hair lossDevil's Grip - Pleurisy / bronchitisDiary fever - A fever that lasts one dayDiptheria - Contagious disease of the throatDistemper - Usually animal disease with malaise, discharge from nose andthroat, anorexiaDock fever - Yellow feverDropsy - Edema (swelling), often caused by kidney or heart diseaseDropsy of the Brain - EncephalitisDry Bellyache - Lead poisoningDyscrasy - An abnormal body conditionDysentery - Inflammation of colon with frequent passage of mucous andbloodDysorexy - Reduced appetiteDyspepsia - Indigestion and heartburn. Heart attack symptomsDysury - Difficulty in urinationEclampsy - Symptoms of epilepsy, convulsions during laborEcstasy - A form of catalepsy characterized by loss of reasonEdema - Nephrosis; swelling of tissuesEdema of lungs - Congestive heart failure, a form of dropsyEel thing - ErysipelasElephantiasis - A form of leprosyEncephalitis - Swelling of brain; aka sleeping sicknessEnteric fever - Typhoid feverEnterocolitis - Inflammation of the intestinesEnteritis - Inflations of the bowelsEpitaxis - Nose bleedErysipelas - Contagious skin disease, due to Streptococci with vesicularand bulbous lesionsExtravasted blood - Rupture of a blood vesselFalling sickness - EpilepsyFatty Liver - Cirrhosis of liverFits - Sudden attack or seizure of muscle activityFlux - An excessive flow or discharge of fluid like hemorrhage ordiarrheaFlux of humour - CirculationFrench pox - SyphilisGathering - A collection of pusGlandular fever - MononucleosisGreat pox - SyphilisGreen fever / sickness - AnemiaGrippe/grip - Influenza like symptomsGrocer's itch - Skin disease caused by mites in sugar or flourHeart sickness - Condition caused by loss of salt from bodyHeat stroke - Body temperature elevates because of surroundingenvironment temperature and body does not perspire to reduce temperature. Coma and death result if not reversedHectical complaint - Recurrent feverHematemesis - Vomiting bloodHematuria - Bloody urineHemiplegy - Paralysis of one side of bodyHip gout - OsteomylitisHorrors - Delirium tremensHydrocephalus - Enlarged head, water on the brainHydropericardium - Heart dropsyHydrophobia - RabiesHydrothroax - Dropsy in chestHypertrophic - Enlargement of organ, like the heartImpetigo - Contagious skin disease characterized by pustulesInanition - Physical condition resulting from lack of foodInfantile paralysis - PolioIntestinal colic - Abdominal pain due to improper dietJail fever - TyphusJaundice - Condition caused by blockage of intestinesKing's evil - Tuberculosis of neck and lymph glandsKruchhusten - Whooping coughLagrippe - InfluenzaLockjaw - Tetanus or infectious disease affecting the muscles ofthe neck and jaw. Untreated, it is fatal in 8 daysLong sickness - TuberculosisLues disease - SyphilisLues venera - Venereal diseaseLumbago - Back painLung fever - PneumoniaLung sickness - TuberculosisLying in - Time of delivery of infantMalignant sore throat - DiphtheriaMania - InsanityMarasmus - Progressive wasting away of body, like malnutritionMembranous Croup - DiphtheriaMeningitis - Inflations of brain or spinal cordMetritis - Inflammation of uterus or purulent vaginal dischargeMiasma - Poisonous vapors thought to infect the airMilk fever - Disease from drinking contaminated milk, like undulant feveror brucellosisMilk leg - Post partum thrombophlebitisMilk sickness - Disease from milk of cattle which had eaten poisonousweedsMormal - GangreneMorphew - Scurvy blisters on the bodyMortification - Gangrene of necrotic tissueMyelitis - Inflammation of the spineMyocarditis - Inflammation of heart musclesNecrosis - Mortification of bones or tissueNephrosis - Kidney degenerationNepritis - Inflammation of kidneysNervous prostration - Extreme exhaustion from inability to controlphysical and mental activitiesNeuralgia - Described as discomfort, such as "Headache" was neuralgia inheadNostalgia - HomesicknessPalsy - Paralysis or uncontrolled movement of controlled muscles. It waslisted as "Cause of death"Paroxysm - ConvulsionPemphigus - Skin disease of watery blistersPericarditis - Inflammation of heartPeripneumonia - Inflammation of lungsPeritonotis - Inflammation of abdominal areaPetechial Fever - Fever characterized by skin spottingPhthiriasis - Lice infestationPhthisis - Chronic wasting away or a name for tuberculosisPlague - An acute febrile highly infectious disease with a high fatalityratePleurisy - Any pain in the chest area with each breathPodagra - GoutPoliomyelitis - PolioPotter's asthma - Fibroid pthisisPott's disease - Tuberculosis of spinePuerperal exhaustion - Death due to childbirthPuerperal fever - Elevated temperature after giving birth to an infantPuking fever - Milk sicknessPutrid fever - Diphtheria.Quinsy - Tonsillitis.Remitting fever - MalariaRheumatism - Any disorder associated with pain in jointsRickets - Disease of skeletal systemRose cold - Hay fever or nasal symptoms of an allergyRotanny fever - (Child's disease) ???Rubeola - German measlesSanguineous crust - ScabScarlatina - Scarlet feverScarlet fever - A disease characterized by red rashScarlet rash - RoseolaSciatica - Rheumatism in the hipsScirrhus - Cancerous tumorsScotomy - Dizziness, nausea and dimness of sightScrivener's palsy - Writer's crampScrews - RheumatismScrofula - Tuberculosis of neck lymph glands. Progresses slowly withabscesses and pistulas develop. Young person's diseaseScrumpox - Skin disease, impetigoScurvy - Lack of vitamin C. Symptoms of weakness, spongy gumsand hemorrhages under skinSepticemia - Blood poisoningShakes - Delirium tremensShaking - Chills, agueShingles - Viral disease with skin blistersShip fever - TyphusSiriasis - Inflammation of the brain due to sun exposureSloes - Milk sicknessSmall pox - Contagious disease with fever and blistersSoftening of brain - Result of stroke or hemorrhage in the brain, withan end result of the tissue softening in that areaSore throat distemper - Diphtheria or quinsySpanish influenza - Epidemic influenzaSpasms - Sudden involuntary contraction of muscle or group of muscles,like a convulsionSpina bifida - Deformity of spineSpotted fever - Either typhus or meningitisSprue - Tropical disease characterized by intestinal disorders and sorethroatSt. Anthony's fire - Also erysipelas, but named so because of affectedskin areas are bright red in appearanceSt. Vitas dance - Ceaseless occurrence of rapid complex jerking movementsperformed involuntaryStomatitis- Inflammation of the mouthStranger's fever - Yellow feverStrangery - RuptureSudor anglicus - Sweating sicknessSummer complaint - Diarrhea, usually in infants caused by spoiled milkSunstroke - Uncontrolled elevation of body temperature due toenvironment heat. Lack of sodium in the body is a predisposing causeSwamp sickness - Could be malaria, typhoid or encephalitisSweating sickness - Infectious and fatal disease common to UK in 15thcenturyTetanus - Infectious fever characterized by high fever, headacheand dizzinessThrombosis - Blood clot inside blood vesselThrush - Childhood disease characterized by spots on mouth, lips andthroatTick fever - Rocky mountain spotted feverToxemia of pregnancy - EclampsiaTrench mouth - Painful ulcers found along gum line, Caused by poornutrition and poor hygieneTussis convulsiva - Whooping coughTyphus - Infectious fever characterized high fever, headache, anddizzinessVariola - SmallpoxVenesection - BleedingViper's dance - St. Vitus DanceWater on brain - Enlarged headWhite swelling - Tuberculosis of the boneWinter fever - PneumoniaWomb fever - Infection of the uterus.Worm fit - Convulsions associated with teething, worms, elevatedtemperature or diarrheaYellowjacket - Yellow fever.
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