- Abdomen in Disease (tenderness, local and general enlargement).
- Abominal Dropsy (ascites). See also: Dropsy.
- Abdominal Injuries (bruises, contusions, incisions, lacerations).
- Abortion. See also: Diseases of Women.
- Abscess (acute and chronic, superficial and deep-seated).
- Acid Poisoning. See instead: Poisons.
- Acholia. See instead: Diseases of the Liver.
- Acne (blackheads, pimples, flesh worms, whiskey nose).
- Aconite Poisoning. See instead: Poisons.
- Acrodynia (painful joints). See also: Breakbone Fever or Dengue.
- Acromegaly (enlargement of bones).
- Actinomycosis (disease from vegetable fungus).
- Addison's Disease (bronzed skin, degeneration of renal capsule).
- Adenitis. See instead: Gland Fever.
- Adenoma (small tumors). See also: Polypus, Bronchocele, Cysts or Tumors.
- Agoraphobia (abnormal fear of strangers).
- Agraphia (inability to write).
- Ague (intermittent fever, chills and fever).
- Albino (albinoism, albinismus).
- Abuminuria (abumen in the urine). See instead: Bright's Disease.
- Alcoholism (acute, chronic, inebriety, delirium tremens).
- Alexia (inability to read). See also: Myelitis.
- Allocheiria (imperfect sense of touch). See also: Myelitis.
- Alopecia. See instead: Hair Diseases.
- Alveolar Cancer. See instead: Cancer.
- Amaurosis. See instead: Eye Diseases.
- Amenorrhoea. See instead: Diseases of Women.
- Amimia (inability to convey thoughts).
- Amyloid Disease. See also Phtisis, Syphilis, Kidney Diseases, Liver Diseases or Spleen Diseases.
- Anaemia (thin blood, chlorosis, green sickness).
- Anemia of the Brain. See instead: Brain Diseases.
- Anaesthesia (analgesia, loss of sensation).
- Anasarca. See instead: Dropsy.
- Ankylosis / Anchylosis (stiffness of the joints).
- Angina Pectoris (chest spasm, breast pang).
- Anidrosis. See also: Perspiration.
- Ankle Injuries. See instead: Fractures, Sprains or Dislocations.
- Anosmia (loss of sense of smell).
- Anthrax (malignant pustule, charbon, wool-sorters' disease).
- Aneurism (bloody tumor, tumor of the artery).
- Anus (fissues, prolapsus, ulceration).
- Aphasia (loss of power of speech).
- Aphonia (loss of voice).
- Aphtha. See instead: Thrush.
- Aphthous Ulcers. See instead: Mouth Ulceration.
- Aphthous Fever. See instead: Foot and Mouth Disease.
- Apnoea (without breath).
- Apoplexy (hemorrhage in the brain).
- Appendicitis (faecal abscess, typhlitis).
- Arsenic Poisoning. See instead: Poisons.
- Arthritis. See instead: Rheumatism of the Joints.
- Articular Rheumatism. See instead: Rheumatism.
- Ascaris Lumbricoides. See also: Worms.
- Ascarus Scabies. See also: Itch.
- Ascites / Hydro-peritoneum. See also: Dropsy.
- Asiatic Cholera. See instead: Cholera.
- Asphyxia. See instead: Drowning, Poisoning by Gas, Suffocation.
- Asthenia (listlessness and inability).
- Asthenopia. See instead: Eye Diseases.
- Asthma (phthisic spasmodic breathing).
- Astigmatism. See also: Eye Diseases.
- Asymbolia (inability to communicate).
- Ataxy (locomotor ataxy, tabes dorsalis).
- Atelectasis (pulmonary collapse).
- Atheroma. See instead: Apoplexy, Phthisis or Syphilis.
- Athetosis (involuntary muscular contractions).
- Atrophy (shrinkage of tissue).
Excerpts from J. H. Greer's "A Physician in the House: for family and individual consultation", published in 1897. Annotations provided throughout. This is not medical advice - if you're sick, see a doctor.
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