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Hadernkrankheit

Anthrax

 

Hakenwurmkrankheit

Hookworm

 

Halbschlag

Hemiplegia; paralysis affecting only one side of the body.

 

Halsbräune

Diphtheria.

(Entry from a Mennonite church in Tragheimerweide, Prussia)

Halsentzündung

Strep throat, sore throat, inflammation of the throat.

(Entry from a Mennonite church in Tragheimerweide, Prussia)

Halsgeschwur

Ulcer of the throat or neck

 

Halskrankheit

Disease of the throat or neck.

(Entry from a Church in New York)

 

Halsleiden

Disease of the throat or neck

 

Halsschmerz

Sore throat

 

Halsweh

Sore throat

 

Halszehrung

Scrofula

 

Hämorrhoiden

Hemorrhoids

 

Harnfluß

Enuresis; the uncontrolled or involuntary discharge of urine.

 

Harnröhrenentzündung

Urethritis

 

Harnruhr

Diabetes, polyuria

(Example from a church record in Germany)

 

Harnträuseln

Diabetes

 

Harnverhaltung

Ischuria, retention of urine.

 

Harnverstopfung

Retention of urine

 

Harnwegsinfektion

Urinary tract infection

 

Harnzwang

Dysuria; painful or difficult urination.

 

Härten

Induration; the hardening of a normally soft tissue or organ, especially the skin, because of inflammation, infiltration of a neoplasm, or an accumulation of blood.

 

Hauptweh Typhus

 

Hautausschlag

Eczema, skin rash

 

Hautentzündung

Dermatitis

 

Häutige Bräune

The croup, cynanche trachealis.

 

Hautkrankheit

Skin disease

 

Hautkrebs

Skin cancer

 

Hautreizung

Inflammation of the skin

 

Hautrötung

Erythema; redness of the skin produced by congestion of the capillaries.

 

Hauttuberkulose

Tuberculosis of the skin

 

Hautwaßersucht

Anasarca; an accumulation of serous fluid in various tissues and cavities of the body.

 

Heftiges Fieber

Calenture

 

Heiserkeit

Hoarseness

 

Heißhunger

Bulimia

 

Hernie

Inguinal hernia

 

Herzanfall

Heart attack

 

Herzbeklemmung

Oppression of the heart

(Entry from a Church in Wisconsin)

 

Herzbeutelwaßersucht

Dropsy of the heart, hydrops pericardii

(Entry from a Church in Wisconsin)

 

Herzbräune

Angina pectoris

 

Herzentzündung

Carditis

 

Herzerweiterung

Dilation of the heart

 

Herzfehler

Cardiac defect

 

Herzgeschwulst

Cardiac Tumor

 

Herzinfarkt

Heart attack, myocardial infarction

 

Herzinsuffizienz

Cardiac insufficiency

 

Herzklappenfehler

Valvular heart disease

 

Herzklopfen

Heart palpitation

 

Herzkrampf

Angina Pectoris, cardiac spasm

Herzkrankheit

Heart disease. [Lang1932]

(Entry from a Church in New York)

 

Herzlähmung

Cardiac paralysis

Herzlähmung wahrend eine operation

Cardiac paralysis during an operation.

 

Herzleiden

Heart disease. [Lang1932]

(Entry from a Church in New York)

 

Herz Rheumatismus

Rheumatism of the Heart?

(Entry from a Church in New York)

 

Herzmuskelentzündung

Myocarditis

 

Herzschlag

Heart failure, cardiac paralysis

(Entry from a Church in Wisconsin)

 

Herzschwäche

Cardiac weakness

 

Herzversagen

Heart failure

 

Heufieber

Pollinosis, hay fever

 

Heuschnupfen

Allergic coryza, hay fever

 

Hexenschuß

Lumbago; a painful condition of the lower back, as one resulting from muscle strain or a slipped disk.

 

Hirnblutung

Cerebral hemorrhage

 

Hirnenfieber

Brain fever

Hirnenleiden

Cerebral affection

(Entry from a Church in Wisconsin)

Hirnhautentzündung

Meningitis

 

Hirnschlag

Cerebral apoplexy

 

Hirnschlagfluß

Cerebral apoplexy

 

Hirntod

Brain death

 

Hirntumor

Brain tumor

 

Hirnverletzung

Brain lesion

 

Hitze

Fever, heat, ardor.

 

Hitze und Frost

Fever and Chills

 

Hitzig

Hot, ardent, burning, inflammatory, acute, passionate.

 

Hitziges Brustentzündung

Acute bronchitis

 

Hitziges Brustkrampf

Angina Pectoris

Hitziges Fieber

Ardent fever, calenture.

Hitziges Gallenfieber

Acute bilious fever

 

Hitziges Krankheit

Acute disease or acute sickness.

(Entry from a Mennonite church in Tragheimerweide, Prussia)

 

Hitziges Nervenfieber

Acute nervous fever

 

Hitzschlag

Sunstroke

 

Hodenkrebs

Testicular cancer

 

Hüftentzündung

Hip disease, coxalgia

 

Hüftgelenkentzündung

Coxitis; Inflammation of the hip joint.

 

Hüftgicht

Coxagra

 

Hüftweh

Coxalgia; pain in or disease of the hip or hip joint.

 

Hungerpest

Typhus

 

Husten

Cough, to cough.

 

 

 

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