Looking at death certificates from the 1800's, I have found some interesting diseases have killed my ancestors . My Uncle died in infancy of the summer complaint. The summer complaint I found out was caused by spoiled milk. The following might help if you come across one of these
diseases looking up your family tree.
Ague - malaria Infantile Paralysis- Polio
Apoplexy - Paralysis caused by stroke Lagrippe- Influenza
Bad Blood - Syphilis Milk Sickness- disease from milk from cow eating poisonous weeds
Brain Fever- Meningitis Mormal- Gangrene
Child Cough- Whooping Cough Stranger's Fever- Yellow fever
Consumption- Tuberculosis Winter Fever- Pneumonia
Dropsy- Edema caused by heart or kidney disease
Falling Sickness- Epilepsy
Jail Fever- Typhus
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