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Sackgeschwulst
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Cyst
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Salzfluß
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Eczema
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Säuferwahnsinn
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Delirium tremens,
mania a potu
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Säuglingstoxikose
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Severe infantile gastroenteritis
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Schaden am
Fussen
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Disease or Wound of
the feet
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Schafblattern
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Chicken pox,
varicella.
(Entry from
an 1844 Church Record in Charvaty, Czech Republic)
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Schafpocken
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Chicken pox,
varicella
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Schamlippenentzündung
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Vulvitis
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 Schanker
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Chancre
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Scharbock
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Scurvy
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Scharlach
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Scarlet fever
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Scharlachfieber
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Scarlet fever.
(2nd Entry from
a Mennonite church in Tragheimerweide, Prussia)
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Scharlachfriesel
|
Miliaria in scarlet fever. [Lang1932]
Scarlatina familiaris,
scarlet
rash. [Trout1883]
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Scheidenkrebs
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Cervix cancer
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Scheintod
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Apparent death, asphyxia
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Schizophrenie
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Schizophrenia
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Schlafende Gichter
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Eclampsia infantum.
Infantile convulsions.
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Schlafkrankheit
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African trypanosomiasis,
sleeping sickness.
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Schläfrigkeit
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Somnolence, drowsiness
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Schlafsucht
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Somnolence, drowsiness
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Schlag
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Stroke, apoplectic
seizure.
Schlag is also often used as a cause of death for infants in German church
records – It is then short for schlagender jammer.
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Schlaganfall
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Apoplectic stroke
(Entry from a Church in Wisconsin)
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Schlagen
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Palpitation
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Schlagfieber
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Apoplectic Fever.
(Entry from
a Mennonite church in Tragheimerweide, Prussia)
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Schlagender Jammer
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Eclampsia
infantum
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Schlagfluß
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Apoplexy;
sudden impairment of neurological function, especially that
resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage; a stroke.
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Von Schlage getrosten |
Presumed to have died from apoplexy |
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Schleimbeutelentzündung
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Bursitis
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Schleimfieber
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- Febris mucosa,
typhoid fever.
[Treves1890]
-
Mucous fever,
febris mucosa, a name given formerly to any feverish affection
in which the patient secreted much mucus. [Lang1932]
-
Slime fever,
swamp fever.
[Devries1952].
(Entry from
an 1874 Church Record in Münster, Switzerland) |
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Schmerz, Chronischer
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Chronic pain
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Schmerzen
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Pains
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Schnupfen
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Cold,
catarrh
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Schnupfenfieber
|
Catarrhal fever,
influenza [Treves1890]
(Entry from a Church in New York) |
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Schrecken
|
Terror
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Schreihusten
|
Whooping cough in
Germany. [Nothnagel1902] |
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Schrumpfung
|
Shrinking
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Schuppenflechte
|
Psoriasis
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Schüttelfrost
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Ague, chill
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Schüttellähmung
|
Shaking palsy, paralysis agitans
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Schwach
|
Weak, feeble, delicate, frail, faint, decrepit, infirm, atonic,
asthenic. [Lang1913]
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Schwäche
|
Weakness, debility,
infirmity.
(Entry from
a Church in Wisconsin)
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Schwächegeboren
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Born too weak
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Schwächegeboren, zu
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Born too weak
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Schwachheit
|
Weakness,
debility,
infirmity.
(Entry from
a Mennonite church in Tragheimerweide, Prussia)
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Schwachheithalber
|
Weakness,
debility,
infirmity |
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Schwachheitsmager
|
Weakness from emaciation.
(Entry from
a Mennonite church in Tragheimerweide, Prussia) |
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Schwachsinn
|
Feeblemindedness
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Schwachsinnig
|
Weak minded,
imbecile. [Lang1932]
(Entry from a Church in Wisconsin)
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Schwamm (Schwämme)
|
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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Schwämmchen Aphtha
|
Thrush; Aphtha;
Vesicular Stomatitis.
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Schwanger
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Pregnant
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Schwängern
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Impregnate
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Schwangerschaft
|
Pregnancy
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Schwangerschaftvergiftung
|
Eclampsia;
a toxic condition characterized by convulsions and possibly coma
during or immediately after pregnancy.
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Schwäre
|
Boil
|
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Schwarze Star
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Amaurosis;
total loss of vision, especially when occurring without
pathological changes to the eye.
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Schwarzer Tod
|
Black death
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Schwarzwaßerfieber
|
Blackwater fever
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Schweißbläschen
|
Miliaria,
heat rash
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Schweißfieber
|
Sudor anglicus,
sweating sickness
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Schweißfriesel
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Miliaria,
heat rash
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Schweißsucht
|
Sudor anglicus,
sweating sickness
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Schwellung
|
Tumor, swelling
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Schwerkrank
|
Seriously Ill.
(Entry from
a Mennonite church in Tragheimerweide, Prussia) |
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Schwermut
|
Melancholy
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Schwindel
|
Vertigo
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Schwindsucht
|
Consumption,
phthisis
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Schwindsuchtig
|
Consumption.
(Entry from
a Mennonite church in Tragheimerweide, Prussia)
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Schwulst
|
Tumor, swelling |
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Schwund
|
Atrophy, wasting
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Scirrhus
|
Cancerous tumor
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Scrophula
|
Scrofula
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Seekrankheit
|
Seasickness
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Seitenstich
|
Stitches in
the side. Common symptom of pleuracy.
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Sekretion
|
Secretion
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Septikämie
|
Septicemia
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Seuche
|
Epidemic plague, contagion
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Siech
|
Ailing
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Sieche
|
Waste away
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Siechtum
|
Lingering illness
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Skabies
|
Scabies
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Skorbut
|
Scurvy
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Skrofulose
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Scrofula
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Sodbrennen
|
Pyrosis,
heartburn.
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Soldatenfieber
|
Soldier's fever, Typhus
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|
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Soldatenkrankheit
|
Soldier's disease, Typhus
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Sommerbrechdurchfall
|
Summer disease characterized by vomiting and diarrhea.
[Lang1932]
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|
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Sommerkrankheit
|
No
definition found. Probably the same as Summer Complaint.
(Entry from a Church in New York)
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Sonnenstich
|
Sunstroke
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|
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Soor
|
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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|
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Sporadische Cholera
|
Simple cholera
|
|
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Spulwurmbefall
|
Roundworm
|
|
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Spulwürmer
|
Ascarides;
a parasitic nematoid worm, especially the roundworm.
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|
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St. Andreas Krankheit
|
St Andrew's Disease,
Gout
|
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St. Antoni Rache
|
St Anthony's Revenge,
Ergot poisoning
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|
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St. Antonius Feuer
|
St Anthony's Fire,
Erysipelas
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|
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St. Apollinaris
Krankheit
|
St Apollos's Disease,
Gout
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St. Jobst Krankheit
|
St Jobe's Disease,
Leprosy
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|
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St. Quirinus Marter
|
St Quirinus
Martyrdom, Cancer
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|
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St. Valentinsarbeit
|
St Vitus' Dance,
Chorea
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|
|
Starrkrampf
|
Tetanus,
Lockjaw, Catalepsy.
(Entry from an 1875 Church Record
in Münster, Switzerland)
|
|
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Starrsucht
|
Catalepsy;
a trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to
react to stimuli.
|
|
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Staupe
|
Distemper
|
|
|
Stechkrankheit
|
Pleurisy
|
|
|
Steinschmerzen
|
Pains due to
Calculus
|
|
|
Stenokardie
|
Angina pectoris
|
|
|
Sterbefall
|
Death
|
|
|
Sterblichkeit
|
Mortality
|
|
|
Stich
|
Pain.
|
|
|
Stichkrankheit
|
Wound infection/fever
|
|
|
Stick
|
Relating to choking or suffocating.
|
|
|
Stickfluß
|
Suffocative catarrh.
(Entry from
a Mennonite church in Tragheimerweide, Prussia)
|
|
|
Stickhusten
|
Whooping cough,
pertussis
(Entry from
a Church in Mecklenburg)
(2nd Entry from
a Church in Pomerania, 1823)
|
|
|
Stinkend
|
Foul, rank
|
|
|
Stirnhöhlenvereiterung
|
Suppurative frontal sinusitis
|
|
|
Strieme
|
Wale,
welt
|
|
|
Stropheln
|
Scrofula,
the king’s evil.
|
|
|
Struma
|
Struma,
goiter
|
|
|
Stumpfheit
|
Hebetude,
stupor
|
|
|
Stumpfsinnigkeit
|
Obtusion
|
|
|
Sturz
|
Collapse, fall
|
|
|
Sumpffieber
|
Malaria,
ague fever
|
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