Spanish Term | Translation |
Ablepsia | Ablepsy: blindness |
Afonia | Aphonia: Laryngitis |
Apoplexia | Apoplexy: paralysis due to stroke |
Boton de Oriente | Boil, Furuncle |
Brucelosis | Brucellosis: bacterial - primary source, cattle |
Ceguera Brava | Conjunctivitis |
Colera Morbo (Colera Asiatico) | Cholera Morbus |
Colico | Colic: spastic pain in the abdomen or bowels |
Consumimiento | Tuberculosis |
Culebrilla | Shingles |
Denticion | Teething: ( 1 ) - cutting of the teeth |
Derrame | Stroke |
Difteria | Diptheria: Contagious disease involving the throat |
Disenteria | Dysentery: inflammation of intestines |
Escorbuto, Enfermedad de Barlow | Scurvy - Caused by vitamin C deficiency. |
Fiebre:
Amarilla (Vomito Prieto)
Catarrales
Escarlatina
Intermitentes (malignas, terciarias)
Maligna, de Campamentos
Paludica
Puerperal
Tifoidea
| Fever:
Yellow
Induced by colds
Scarlet
Intermitant (malignant, for three days)
Typhus
Malaria
Puerperal: after labor - sometimes fatal.
Typhoid
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Filaria |
Tropical parasite invading human or animal organisms. Sometimes invading lymphatic systems leading to elephantiasis (enlargement and hardening of tissues).
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Garotillo | Croup |
Golondrino | Abcess |
Gota | Gout |
Gripe | Influenza |
Hemorragia Purpura | Hemorraghing into the skin, mucous membranes, internal organs and other tissues. |
Hidropesia | Hydropsy: edema, fluid accummulation - caused by cardiac insufficiency. |
Ictericia | Jaundice |
Lepra (Mal de San Lazaro) | Leprosy |
Mala Sangre (Mal de Bubas, Mal Galico, Mal Frances) | Syphilis |
Marasmo | Marasmus: waisting away - malnutrition |
Mocezuelo | Infantile Tetanus ( 2 ) |
Muermo | Contagious, virulent disease - primary source, cattle. |
Nacido/a Muerto/a | Stillborn birth |
Oftalmia | Eyes, inflammation |
Parto | Birth |
Pierna de Barbados | Elephantitis |
Pian | Tropical contagious disease - with excreting fungal eruptions of the skin. Found prevalent amongst slaves in the 17th century. |
Plaga:
Peste Bubonica (Negra)
Plaga Blanca | Plague:
Bubonic
Tuberculosis |
Raquitismo | Rickets |
Saba�on | Chillblain: swelling of extremities due to exposure to cold and heat
Sarampion | Measles |
Sarna | Mange, scabies |
Segunda, La | The afterbirth; placenta |
Tifus | Typhus |
Tisis | Tuberculosis |
Tuberculosis Galopante | Rapid development of Tuberculosis |
Tos Ferina | Whooping Cough |
Ulcera Maligna | Cancer |
Uncinariasis | Hookworm Disease - afflicted mostly the mountain jibaro. Also led to anemia. |
Viruela | Smallpox |
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