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Material Copyright 1996 J. Lee Lehman |
| Old Term | Modern Equivalent |
|---|---|
| Agnail | Hangnail |
| Ague | Malaria |
| Alerative | Restores Normal Body Functions |
| Alexipharmic | Poison Antidote |
| Alopecia | Baldness |
| Anodyne | Relieves Pain |
| Apoplexy | Paralysis Fr. Cerebral Rupture |
| Apostems | Abcess |
| Aposthumes | Abcess |
| Ardent Fever | A form of remittent malaria |
| Aromatic | Fragrant Herb |
| Avoid | Void or excrete |
| Axungia | Lard |
| Biles | Boils |
| Blain | Blister Or Pustule |
| Bloody Flux | Dysentary |
| Cachexia | Severe Wasting |
| Cacoethe | Ulcerous tumor |
| Cantharides | Powdered Beetles (Spanish Fly) |
| Carbuncles | Staphylococcal Inflammation |
| Carminative | Medicine: Expells Flatulence |
| Casting | Vomiting |
| Catamenia | Menstrual Flow |
| Cataplasm | Poulstice |
| Catarrhs | Inflammation: Mucous Membranes |
| Cathars | Purges |
| Cathartic | Purgative |
| Cephalic | Medicine: Clears Head |
| Ceruse | Lead Carbonate |
| Cholagogue | Medicine: Incr. Bile Flow |
| Choler | Bile |
| Choler, Red | Bile, Red |
| Choler, Yellow | Bile, Yellow |
| Cholic | Pain, Acute Abdomenal |
| Claustered | Clotted |
| Clenge | To clean |
| Clysters | Enema Or Injection |
| Courses | Menstrual Flow |
| Defluxion | Inflammation: Mucous Membranes |
| Delay | To dilute |
| Detersive | Medicine: Cleansing |
| Diaphoretic | Sweating Induction |
| Distemper | Ailment |
| Distillation | Discharge, Trickling |
| Diuretic | Urine, Increased Flow |
| Draught | Medicine: Qty Taken In 1 Dose |
| Dropsy | Edema |
| Emerods | Hemorrhoids |
| Emmenagogue | Drug that induces menstruation |
| Entrails | Intestines |
| Erysipelas | Streptococcus |
| Excess Of The Flowers | Menstrual Flow Excess |
| Excoriation | Abrasion |
| Excrement Retention | Constipation |
| Expectorant | Promoting bronchial secretion and ejection |
| Falling-Evil | Epilepsy |
| Falling-Sickness | Epilepsy |
| Febrifuge | Medicine: Reduces Fever |
| Fistula | Abnormal Tube-Like Passage |
| Fluor Albus | Vaginal White Discharge |
| Flux | Excessive Flow |
| Fuliac-Passion | Gut, Pains |
| Fundament | Anus or buttocks |
| Gall | Bile |
| Gargarism | Gargle |
| Gravel | Urine: Sand-Like Deposit |
| Gripping Of The Guts | Cholic |
| Gristle | Cartilege |
| Gulesought | Jaundice |
| Guts, Croaking | Flatulence |
| Hamms | Buttocks |
| Haw | Growth on or in the eye |
| Humor | Bodily Fluid |
| Hypochondrium | Upper Abdomen |
| Hyposarca | Dropsy: Edema |
| Iliaca Passion | Sciatica |
| Impostumations | Swelling, Abscess |
| Impostume | Absess which is purulent |
| Jaundice | Hepatitis |
| Kernels | Swelling, Hard. Can be specific reference to tonsils |
| Kibes | Chilblains, especially ulcerated ones on the heels |
| King's Evil | Scrofula |
| Knop | Knob-shaped protruberance, or a wart or pimple |
| Lask | Diarrhea |
| Laxes | Bowel, Looseness; diarrhea |
| Leucophlegmatia | Dropsy: Pale, Tumid, Flabby |
| Leucorrhaea | Vaginal Discharge |
| Lights | Lungs |
| Lochia | Vaginal Discharge After Labor |
| Matrix | Womb |
| Matrix Passions | Matrix Passions |
| Mediastinum | Septum |
| Megrim | Migraine |
| Melicrat | Mixture of milk and honey |
| Mesenterion | Mesenteries |
| Milt | Spleen |
| Mithridate | Medicine: Protects Ag. Poison |
| Morphew | Leprous Or Scurvy Eruption |
| Morphy | Schleroderma |
| Obstruction Of Meseriacks | Obstruction, Abdomenal |
| Olibanum | Frankincense |
| Oppilations | Obstructions |
| Oxymel | Mixture Of Honey & Vinegar |
| Palsy | Paralysis |
| Passion | Disorder |
| Pecten | Anal Canal, Middle |
| Pectoral | Medicine: Chest |
| Phthisis | Tuberculosis, Advanced |
| Pin And Web | Eye Disease With Film |
| Ploukes | Lumps or swellings |
| Podagra | Gout, Foot |
| Polypus | Polyps |
| Posset | Cold Remedy, Milk Base |
| Priapism | Lewdness |
| Ptisick | Tuberculosis |
| Ptisis | Tuberculosis |
| Push | Pimple Or Boil |
| Pyles In The Ars | Hemorrhoids |
| Quartan Ague | Malaria |
| Quinzies | Tonsilitis |
| Quotidian Fevers | Fevers, Recurring |
| Reds | Menstrual Flow |
| Reins | Kidneys, Loins |
| Rhagades | Skin Fissures |
| Rheum | Discharge, Watery Or Atarrhal |
| Scalls | Skin disease with scaling or scabs, especially on the scalp |
| Schirrhi | Tumors, Hard |
| Scouring | Purging |
| Secudines | After-Birth |
| Simple | Medicinal Herb |
| Simpler | Herb Doctor |
| St. Anthony's Fire | Erysipelas |
| Starting Of The Members | Involuntary Movements |
| Stomachic | Substance that acts as a stomach tonic, promoting digestion |
| Strangle | To poison |
| Strangullion | A qunisy or throat glandual inflammation |
| Strangury | Urination, Painful |
| Styptic | Hemorrhage Checking Agent |
| Sudoric | Induced Sweating |
| Surdity | Deafness |
| Synochus Putrida | Continuous Fever |
| Tertian Fever | Malaria |
| Tetters | Herpes, Ringworm Or Eczema |
| Throat-Bole | Bolus |
| Tonic | Remedial agent that increases body tone |
| Troches | Lozenges |
| Venery | Sexual Intercourse |
| Vermifuge | Substance that expels intestinal worms or parasites |
| Wen | Cyst, Subcutaneous |
| Whelks | Pimples |
| Whites | Vaginal Discharge |
