A Dictionary of Civil War Era Diseases 146 pgs.

This book is a great tool for researchers. It explains in modern terms many of the old medical terms and diseases of the Civil War era and shows the diseases that were rampant among Civil War troops and how they had an impact on the outcome of the war.

This dictionary also includes an extensive section on Marfan's Disease - a painful extension of the arms, hands and legs which many believe afflicted Abraham Lincoln and was the primary cause of his addiction to opium and herion.

Sample entries:

EMPIRIC A person who practices medicine without formal training; a quack; a charlatan

EMPYEMA A collection of pus in any body cavity, but without qualification will be the pleural cavity i.e. The space between the lungs and the chest wall

ENCEPHALITIS Inflammation of the brain

ENCEPHALOCOELE / ENCEPHALOCELE This means protrusion of brain tissue through a defect (hole) in the skull. It is usually a congenital condition, caused by the skull failing to form properly and is like spina bifida, but higher up. This is not compatible with life

ENDOCARDITIS Disease of the heart valves. Commonly due to rheumatic fever in the past

ENEURESIS NOCTURNA Bedwetting

ENGLISH CHOLERA An illness resembling cholera but not cholera itself

ENGLISH SICKNESS A Dutch term, the description of which sounds like rickets

SCUNNER This is a Scots slang term In modern use, it is a term of abuse or derision as in "ye wee scunner" I have seen and heard "ye wee scunner" used and feel it is a mild term that will equate to scamp, imp etc. However, the definition given in Cassel's Dictionary of Slang is "abomination" which could refer to someone who was physically deformed from birth or because of an accident. It could also mean any fatal or serious condition as abomination infers influence of the devil or evil

SWAMP FEVER Usually malaria but could be typhoid or encephalitis

SWAMP SICKNESS Usually malaria but could be typhoid or encephalitis

SWEATING SICKNESS Infectious & fatal disease common to the UK in the 15th century. This could be influenza SYCOSIS (BARBAE) Barber's itch

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