Fibromy-what? Ventricular tachy-who?
Bored with medical terms steeped in science and Latin roots? For those who prefer more intuitive monikers for what ails them, here are some of history’s more colorful disease names:
King’s Evil: Tuberculosis (it was believed that the royal touch- could cure the disease)
Bad Blood: Syphilis
Canine Madness: Rabies
Camp Fever: Typhus
Falling Sickness: Epilepsy
Gripe: The Flu
Kissing Disease: Mononucleosis
Horrors: Delerium Tremens
Dropsy: Edema
Glanders: Swollen Glands
Cerebral Softening / Softening of the brain: Stroke
Tetter: Any of various skin diseases, such as eczema, psoriasis, or herpes, characterized by eruptions and itching.
Sloes: milk sickness / lactose intolerance
Milk Leg: thrombosis of the veins
Contributed by: Maghan Cook