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Bakterienruhr

Shigellosis; dysentery caused by any of various species of shigellae, occurring most frequently in areas where poor sanitation and malnutrition are prevalent and commonly affecting children and infants.

 

Bandscheibenvorfall

Herniated disc

 

Bandwurm

Tapeworm

 

Bauchentzündung

Inflammation of the bowels. Appendicitis, as a distinct disease, was unrecognized; such cases were diagnosed as ‘inflammation of the bowels,’ and nearly all died. [Hooper1822]

 

Bauchfellentzündung

Peritonitis; inflammation of the peritoneum; the serous membrane that lines the walls of the abdominal cavity and folds inward to enclose the viscera.

 

Bauchfluß

Diarrhea, Lientery

 

Bauchgeschwulst

Abdominal tumor

 

Bauchgrimmen

Gripes

 

Bauchhöhlengeschwulst

Abdominal tumor

 

Bauchhöhlentuberkulose

Pulmonary phthisis

 

Bauchkolik

Abdominal colic

 

Bauchkrankheit Dysentery or Typhoid

 

Bauchschmerz

Abdominal pain, belly-ache.

(Entry from a Mennonite church in Tragheimerweide, Prussia)

 

Bauchschwindsucht

Abdominal Phthisis

 

Bauchspeicheldrüsenentzündung

Pancreatitis

 

Bauchspeicheldrüsenkrebs

Pancreatic cancer

 

Bauchtyphus

Typhoid fever

 

Bauchwaßersucht

Ascites; an abnormal accumulation of serous fluid in the abdominal cavity.

 

Bauchwindsucht

Tympanitis

 

Bauchzwang

Tenesmus

 

Baumgeschwür

Canker

 

Baumwollenschwindsucht

Byssinosis

 

Behexen

Bewitch

 

Bergkrankheit

Mountain sickness

 

Berufskrankheit

Occupational disease

 

Beschränktheit

Obtusion

 

Beschwerde

Discomfort, complaint

 

Beulen

Bubonic plague

 

Beulenpest

Bubonic plague

 

Bewegungsataxie Locomotor Ataxia

 

Bewußtlos

Unconscious

 

Bewußtlosigkeit

Comatose

 

Bilharziose

Bilharzia, Schistosomiasis.

 

Bindehautentzuendung

Conjunctivas

 

Blähhals

Goiter, struma

 

Blähung

Flatulence

 

Bläschenflechte

Herpes

 

Blasenentzündung

Cystitis, inflammation of the bladder.

 

Blasenkatarrh

Catarrh of the bladder

 

Blasenkrebs

Bladder cancer

 

Blasenleiden

Disease of the bladder

(Entry from a Church in Wisconsin)

 

Blasenstein

Bladder stone

 

Blatter

Blister, pustule

 

Blattern

Smallpox. In the 16th and 17th century blattern meant syphilis. By the 18th century blattern had come to mean smallpox. [Cartwright]

Smallpox, variola.

Blätterose

Vesicular or bullous erysipelas.

(Entry from an 1868 Church Record in Cottbus, Brandenburg)

 

Blauer Husten

Whooping cough in Germany. [Nothnagel1902]

 

Blaurackesucht

Cyanosis; a bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes resulting from inadequate oxygenation of the blood.

 

Blausucht

Cyanosis; a bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes resulting from inadequate oxygenation of the blood.

 

Bleichsucht

Chlorosis; an iron-deficiency anemia, primarily of young women, characterized by a greenish-yellow discoloration of the skin. Also called greensickness.

 

Bleikrankheit

Lead colic

 

Bleivergiftung

Lead poisoning

 

Blind

Blind

 

Blitzkatarrh

Grippe, Influenza

 

Blockhusten

Cough from croup

 

Bleikrankheit

Lead colic

 

Bleivergiftung

Lead poisoning

 

Blinddarmentzündung

Appendicitis, Typhlitis

(Entry from a Church in Wisconsin)

 

Blindheit

Ablepsia; lack of sight; blindness.

 

Blutandrang

Congestion, active hyperæmia. [Lang1932]

(Entry from a Church in New York)

 

Blutarm

Anemic

 

Blutarmut

Anemia; a deficiency of red blood cells.

 

Blutbrechen

Hæmatemisis. [Lang 1914].

 

Blutentleerung

Blood letting

(Entry from a Church in Wisconsin)

 

Blutentziehung

Blood letting

 

Bluterkrankheit

Hemophilia; congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son.

 

Bluterkrankung Blood disease

 

Blutgerinnsel

Thrombus

 

Blutgerinnsel in der Lunge

Pulmonary embolism

 

Blutgeschwür

Boil, blain, furuncle

 

Blutharnen

Hematuria, blood with the urine.

 

Bluthochdruck

High blood pressure

 

Bluthusten

Hemoptysis; the expectoration of blood or of blood-streaked sputum from the larynx, trachea, bronchi, or lungs.

 

Blutlache am Gehirnschlag

Pooling of blood from a cerebral stroke

(Entry from a Church in Wisconsin)

 

Blutlaßen

Blood letting

 

Blutruhr

Bloody flux, dysentery.

 

Blutspeien

Hemoptysis; the expectoration of blood or of blood-streaked sputum from the larynx, trachea, bronchi, or lungs.

 

Blutschwamm

Fungus haematodes (as applied to cancer). [Treves1890]

Blutstauung

Congestion

 

Blutsturz

Coughing up blood, violent hemorrhage

Blutung

Bleeding, hemorrhage

 

Blutvergiftung

Septicemia, blood poisoning

(Entry from Church in Wisconsin)

(2nd Entry from Church in New York)

 

Blutvergiftung Infektion

Blood Poisoning from infection

 

Blutwallung

Congestion

 

Borreliose

Lyme disease

 

Böse

Angry, nasty

 

Botulismus

Botulism

 

Brand

Gangrene, necrosis

(Entry from Church in New York)

 

Brand am Fuß

Gangrene on the foot

 

Brand in der Hand

Gangrene in the Hand

 

Brandmal

Stigma

 

Bräune

Angina, quinsy, sore throat

Brechdurchfall

Cholera morbus, cholera nostras.

(Entry from an 1869 Church Record in Cottbus, Brandenburg)

 

Brechdurchfall der Kinder

Cholera infantum

 

Brechen

Vomit

 

Brechgallenruhr

Cholera

 

Brechruhr

Cholera nostras

 

Bronchialkarzinom

Bronchial carcinoma

 

Bronchialkatarrh

Bronchial catarrh

 

Bronchitis

Bronchitis

 

Bronzekrankheit

Addison’s disease

 

Brüche

Hernia

 

Bruchleiden

Hernial affection

(Entry from a Church in Wisconsin)

Bruchschaden

Hernial affection

Brustangst

Angina pectoris

 

Brustbräune

Angina pectoris

 

Brustdrüsenentzündung

Mastitis

 

Brustdrüsenkrebs

Cancer of the mammary gland

 

Brustenge

Angina pectoris

 

Brustentzündung

Inflammation of the chest, mastitis, thoracic phlegmasia.

Brustfelleiterung Pleural Suppuration

 

Brustfellentzündung

Pleurisy

 

Brustfieber

Inflammation of the chest (of lung or pleura). [Treves1890].

Bronchitis. [Lang1932].

Brustkrämpfe

Angina pectoris, asthma

Brustkrankheit

Pulmonary or thoracic disease. [Treves1890].

Pulmonary or chest affection. [Lang1932].

Brustgeschwür

Thoracic ulcer

 

Brustkrebs

Cancer of mamma, breast cancer. [Lang 1914].

 

Brustleiden

Pulmonary or chest affection

Brustschwäche

Pulmonary weakness

Brustbeschwerden

Chest trouble

Brustübel

Pulmonary or chest trouble

Brustwaßersucht

Hydrothorax. Dropsy of the chest.

Bubonenpest

Bubonic plague

 

Buckelig

Hunchback

 

Bulimie

Bulimia

 

   

 

 

 

 

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