Syphilis

A pulmonary disease cused by inhaling particles of beryllium, which was used in the manufacture of watch springs and lamps.

Fever that was accompanied by vomiting or diarrhoea (e.g. typhoid, malaria or hepatitis).

A term denoting an excess of bile and associated with disorders in the liver or gallbladder.

Bubonic plague; the Black Death.

An acute infection accompanied by a high temperature, dark red skin lesions and a high mortality rate (could refer to cerebrospinal meningitis).

The vomiting of black blood as a result of stomach ulcers (also a symptom of yellow fever).

A severe complication of malaria characterised by the passing of dark urine as a result of kidney damage.

Diptheria

Sweating sickness, typically accompanied by a discharge of blood.

Sciatica; neuralgia femoropoplites.

Cerebral meningitis or any other form of cerebral fever.

Dengue; an infectious disease endemic in tropical and subtropical regions, transmitted by mosquitoes and characterised by a rash, an aching head and joint pain.

Kidney disease characterised by the presence of albumin in the urine.

Boils, tumours or swellings.

The distinctive gasping sound made by whooping cough sufferers.

Relapse

A relapse or setback

Chilblain

Colic

A feverish tremble

Pneumoconiosis; a lung disease caused by the inhalation of coal dust.

Bruised

A sudden illness

Shortsighted