Also called Black Death . In the 19th century, cancerous tumors tended to ulcerate, grew constantly, and progressed to a fatal end and that there was scarcely a tissue they would not invade. An ulcerous sore of the mouth and lips, not considered fatal today. A painful local inflammation of the skin and deeper tissues with multiple openings for the discharge of pus and dead tissue. An acute, infectious disease characterized by profuse diarrhea, vomiting, and cramps.
Cholera is spread by feces-contaminated water and food.
A common, noncontiguous diarrhea of young children, occurring in summer or autumn. It was common among the poor and in hand-fed babies. Death frequently occurred in three to five days. Saint Vitus' dance. May be called Huntingdon's Chorea or Huntingdon's Disease.