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Kachexia
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Emaciation,
consumption
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Kaltbrandig
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Affected with
cold gangrene
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Kälte
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Chill
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Kalter Brand
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Gangrene.
(Entry from
a Mennonite church in Tragheimerweide, Prussia) |
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Kaltes Fieber
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Intermittent
fever,
ague
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Karbunkel
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Carbuncle,
anthrax
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Karies
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Caries
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Karzinom
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Carcinoma
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Katalepsie
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Catalepsy;
a trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to
react to stimuli.
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Katarakt
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Cataract
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Katarrh
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Catarrh
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Kehlkopfentzündung
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Laryngitis.
(Entry from
an 1869 Church Record in Cottbus, Brandenburg)
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Chronische
Kehlkopfentzündung
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Chronic
Laryngitis.
(Entry from
a Church in New York)
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Kehlkopf-Katarrh
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Laryngeal catarrh
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Kehlkopfkrebs
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Throat cancer
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Kehlsucht
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The mumps,
parotitis
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Keuchhusten
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Whooping cough,
pertussis
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Im Kindbett
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In Childbed;
puerperal
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Kindbettfieber
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Puerperal
fever
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Kinderbraüne |
Croup |
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Kindercholera |
Infantile Cholera
(Entry from a Church in Wisconsin) |
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Kinder Kolik
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Infantile colic.
(Entry from
an 1795 Church Record in Branna, Czech Republic)
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Kinderkrämpfe
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Infantile convulsions,
eclampsia infantum.
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Kinderkrankheit
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Disease of children, infantile disease.
(Entry from
a Mennonite church in Tragheimerweide, Prussia)
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Kinderlähmung
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Polio
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Kinderrothen
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Dysentery of
children?
(Entry from
a Mennonite church in Tragheimerweide, Prussia) |
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Kinderschwäche
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Infantile weakness.
(Entry from
a Mennonite church in Tragheimerweide, Prussia) |
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Kinderschwämmchen
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Aphtha; roundish
pearl-colored specks or flakes in the mouth, on the lips, etc.,
terminating in white sloughs. They are commonly characteristic
of thrush.
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Kinnbackenkrampf
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Trismus,
lockjaw, spasm of the masticatory muscles.
[Lang1932]
(Entry from
an 1875 Church Record in Münster, Switzerland)
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Klopfen
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Palpitation, beating
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Knöchel-Fieber
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Dengue,
Dengue fever, Break bone fever
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Knochenfraß
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Caries
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Knochenkrebs
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Bone cancer
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Knochenmarkentzündung
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Osteomyelitis
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Knochenmarkkrebs
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Bone marrow cancer
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Knochenschwund
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Atrophy of bone
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Knochentuberkulose
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spinal tuberculosis
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Knochenweiche
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Rickets;rachitis
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Knollensucht
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Leprosy
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Kohlenstaublunge
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Anthracosis,
Miner's pneumoconiosis
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Kolik
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Colic
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Kolitis
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Colitis
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Kollaps
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Collapse
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Kongestion
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Congestion
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Königskrankheit
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Jaundice
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Konjunktivitis
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Conjunctivitis
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Konvulsion
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Convulsion
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Kopfentzündung
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Inflammation
of the brain. |
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Kopfgeschwür
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Ulcer of the head
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Kopfgicht
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Cephalagra
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Kopfkrankheit
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Affection of the head
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Kopfleiden
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Affection of the head
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Kopfrose
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Erysipelas of the head
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Kopfschmerzen
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Headache
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Kopfwasser
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Hydrocephalus
(short for Kopfwassersucht)
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Kopfwassersucht
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Dropsy of the brain,
hydrocephalus
; a usually congenital condition in which an abnormal
accumulation of fluid in the cerebral ventricles causes
enlargement of the skull and compression of the brain,
destroying much of the neural tissue.
(Entry from
an 1843 Church Record in Münster, Switzerland)
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Kopfweh
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Headache
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Körperschwäche
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Bodily weakness, debility (Entry from
a Church in Wisconsin) |
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Koxarthritis
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Coxitis;
inflammation of the hip joint.
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Kräfteverfall
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Cachexia
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Krampf
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Cramp,
spasm,
convulsion
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Krampfader
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Varicose
vein
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Krampfanfall
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Convulsive fit
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Krämpfe
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Convulsions,
cramps,
neuropathy. (Infantile
Convulsions when listed as cause of death for an infant).
(Entry from
a Church in Mecklenburg)
(2nd Entry from
a Church in Pomerania, 1823)
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Krampfhaften Zufallen
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Spasmodic Attack
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Krampfhusten
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Spasmodic or convulsive cough
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Krank
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Sick
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Krankheit
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Sickness, illness,
disease,
malady, affliction,
ailment
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Chronische Krankheit
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Chronic illness
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Krätze
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Scabies
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Krebs
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Cancer,
carcinoma
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Krebsgeschwulst
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Cancerous tumor
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Krebsgeschwür
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Cancer sore, canker
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Krebsschaden
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Cancerous affection
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Krebsschwäche
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Weakness from cancer |
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Krebsübel
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Cancer
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Kretinismus
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Cretinism;
severe hypothyroidism resulting in physical and mental stunting.
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Kreuzschmerz
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Lumbago;
a painful condition of the lower back, as one resulting from
muscle strain or a slipped disk.
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Kriebelkrankheit
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Cereal convulsion.
[Dunglison1868].
Creeping Sickness:
the name by which the gangrenous form of Ergotism is known in
Germany. [Thomas1875]
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Kriegsfieber
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War fever, Typhus
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Kropf
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Struma,
goiter,
derbyshire
neck.
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Krupp
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Croup
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Krustenflechte
|
Impetigo;
a very contagious infection of the skin; common in children;
localized redness develops into small blisters that gradually
crust and erode.
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Kuhpocken
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Cowpox
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Kurzfristige Erkrankung
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Short-term sickness
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