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Title: Re:Link: Disease in History
Post by: snwbnnyinoz on Tuesday 08 June 04 19:57 BST (UK)

What a great website.  Shows that Frogg is the same as Croup.  I wonder if thats where the saying,"I've got a frog in my throat" comes from.

Paula

Quote from: RootsChat on Sunday 18 April 04 13:25 BST (UK)

Disease in History This site features an interesting glossary of old disease names.
http://www.bignell.uk.com/disease_in_history.htm

Title: Re:Link: Disease in History
Post by: bel_jon68 on Wednesday 09 June 04 22:39 BST (UK)

I've always wondered what "consumption" was - now I know yet another ancestor died from tuberculosis!

Bel

Title: Re:Link: Disease in History
Post by: Rumire on Monday 28 February 05 18:10 GMT (UK)

Hi,

I believe that Croup is the wrong definition for Frogg.

I found in Hooper’s Lexicon-Medicum of 1829 that Frog is defined as Aphthae. And Aphthae is defined as: Roundish pearl-colored specks or flakes in the mouth, on the lips, etc., terminating in white sloughs. They are commonly characteristic of thrush.

A good website for archaic medical terms is www.antiquusmorbus.com (http://www.antiquusmorbus.com)

Best Regards, Rumire