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Sackgeschwulst

Cyst

 

Salzfluß

Eczema

 

Säuferwahnsinn

Delirium tremens, mania a potu

 

Säuglingstoxikose

Severe infantile gastroenteritis

 

Schaden am Fussen

Disease or Wound of the feet

 

Schafblattern

Chicken pox, varicella.

(Entry from an 1844 Church Record in Charvaty, Czech Republic)

 

Schafpocken

Chicken pox, varicella

 

Schamlippenentzündung     

Vulvitis

 

Schanker

Chancre

 

Scharbock

Scurvy

 

Scharlach

Scarlet fever

 

Scharlachfieber

Scarlet fever.

(2nd Entry from a Mennonite church in Tragheimerweide, Prussia)

Scharlachfriesel

Miliaria in scarlet fever. [Lang1932]

Scarlatina familiaris, scarlet rash. [Trout1883]

(Entry from an 1819 church record in Hesse, Germany)

Scheidenkrebs

Cervix cancer

 

Scheintod

Apparent death, asphyxia

 

Schizophrenie

Schizophrenia

 

Schlafende Gichter

Eclampsia infantum. Infantile convulsions.

 

Schlafkrankheit

African trypanosomiasis, sleeping sickness.

 

Schläfrigkeit

Somnolence, drowsiness

 

Schlafsucht

Somnolence, drowsiness

 

Schlag

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.

Schlaganfall

Apoplectic stroke

(Entry from a Church in Wisconsin)

 

Schlagen

Palpitation

 

Schlagfieber

Apoplectic Fever.

(Entry from a Mennonite church in Tragheimerweide, Prussia)

 

Schlagender Jammer

Eclampsia infantum

 

Schlagfluß

Apoplexy; sudden impairment of neurological function, especially that resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage; a stroke.

Von Schlage getrosten Presumed to have died from apoplexy

 

Schleimbeutelentzündung   

Bursitis

 

Schleimfieber

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)

Schmerz, Chronischer

Chronic pain

 

Schmerzen

Pains

 

Schnupfen

Cold, catarrh

 

Schnupfenfieber

Catarrhal fever, influenza [Treves1890]

(Entry from a Church in New York)

 

Schrecken

Terror

 

Schreihusten

Whooping cough in Germany. [Nothnagel1902]

 

Schrumpfung

Shrinking

 

Schuppenflechte

Psoriasis

 

Schüttelfrost

Ague, chill

 

Schüttellähmung

Shaking palsy, paralysis agitans

 

Schwach

Weak, feeble, delicate, frail, faint, decrepit, infirm, atonic, asthenic. [Lang1913]

 

Schwäche

Weakness, debility, infirmity.

(Entry from a Church in Wisconsin)

 

Schwächegeboren

Born too weak

Schwächegeboren, zu

Born too weak

Schwachheit

Weakness, debility, infirmity.

(Entry from a Mennonite church in Tragheimerweide, Prussia)

 

Schwachheithalber

Weakness, debility, infirmity

Schwachheitsmager

Weakness from emaciation.

(Entry from a Mennonite church in Tragheimerweide, Prussia)

Schwachsinn

Feeblemindedness

 

Schwachsinnig

Weak minded, imbecile. [Lang1932]

(Entry from a Church in Wisconsin)

 

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.

(Entry from an 1868 church record in Brandenburg, Germany)

Schwämmchen Aphtha

Thrush; Aphtha; Vesicular Stomatitis.

 

Schwanger

Pregnant

 

Schwängern

Impregnate

 

Schwangerschaft

Pregnancy

 

Schwangerschaftvergiftung

Eclampsia; a toxic condition characterized by convulsions and possibly coma during or immediately after pregnancy.

 

Schwäre

Boil

 

Schwarze Star

Amaurosis; total loss of vision, especially when occurring without pathological changes to the eye.

 

Schwarzer Tod

Black death

 

Schwarzwaßerfieber

Blackwater fever

 

Schweißbläschen

Miliaria, heat rash

 

Schweißfieber

Sudor anglicus, sweating sickness

 

Schweißfriesel

Miliaria, heat rash

 

Schweißsucht

Sudor anglicus, sweating sickness

 

Schwellung

Tumor, swelling

 

Schwerkrank

Seriously Ill.

(Entry from a Mennonite church in Tragheimerweide, Prussia)

 

Schwermut

Melancholy

 

Schwindel

Vertigo

 

Schwindsucht

Consumption, phthisis

Schwindsuchtig

Consumption.

(Entry from a Mennonite church in Tragheimerweide, Prussia)

Schwulst

Tumor, swelling

 

Schwund

Atrophy, wasting

 

Scirrhus

Cancerous tumor

 

Scrophula

Scrofula

 

Seekrankheit

Seasickness

 

Seitenstich

Stitches in the side. Common symptom of pleuracy.

Sekretion

Secretion

 

Septikämie

Septicemia

 

Seuche

Epidemic plague, contagion

 

Siech

Ailing

 

Sieche

Waste away

 

Siechtum

Lingering illness

 

Skabies

Scabies

 

Skorbut

Scurvy

 

Skrofulose

Scrofula

 

Sodbrennen

Pyrosis, heartburn.

 

Soldatenfieber

Soldier's fever, Typhus

 

Soldatenkrankheit

Soldier's disease, Typhus

 

Sommerbrechdurchfall

Summer disease characterized by vomiting and diarrhea. [Lang1932]

 

Sommerkrankheit

No definition found. Probably the same as Summer Complaint.

(Entry from a Church in New York)

 

Sonnenstich

Sunstroke

 

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.

 

Sporadische Cholera

Simple cholera

 

Spulwurmbefall

Roundworm

 

Spulwürmer

Ascarides; a parasitic nematoid worm, especially the roundworm.

 

St. Andreas Krankheit

St Andrew's Disease, Gout

 

St. Antoni Rache

St Anthony's Revenge, Ergot poisoning

 

St. Antonius Feuer

St Anthony's Fire, Erysipelas

 

St. Apollinaris Krankheit

St Apollos's Disease, Gout

 

St. Jobst Krankheit

St Jobe's Disease, Leprosy

 

St. Quirinus Marter

St Quirinus Martyrdom, Cancer

 

St. Valentinsarbeit

St Vitus' Dance, Chorea

 

Starrkrampf

Tetanus, Lockjaw, Catalepsy.

(Entry from an 1875 Church Record in Münster, Switzerland)

 

Starrsucht

Catalepsy; a trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to react to stimuli.

 

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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