| The Ailment | A description of the Ailment
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| Abscesses | An abscess is a collection of pus that has built up within the tissue of the body |
| Aches & Pains | Pain is a distressing feeling often caused by intense or damaging stimuli. An Ache is a chronic painful sensation |
| Acne | Acne vulgaris (or simply Acne) is a long-term skin disease that occurs when hair follicles become clogged with dead skin cells and oil from the skin |
| Bad Breasts | The breast that feeds the hungry infant is the "good breast", while a hungry infant that finds no breast is in relation to the "bad breast". |
| Broken Breasts | Sores caused by breast feeding |
| Sore Breasts | Caused by breast feeding |
| Sore Legs | Could be anything ? |
| Boils | An infection of the hair follicle causing a swollen area on the skin by an accumulation of pus & dead tissue |
| Bronchitis | Inflammation of the bronchi (large and medium-sized airways) in the lungs |
| Bruises | Or contusions in which capillaries are damaged, allowing blood to seep into the surrounding interstitial tissues. |
| Burns | A type of injury to skin or other tissues, caused by heat, friction, or radiation |
| Cancer | Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body |
| Carbuncle | A carbuncle is a cluster of boils, draining pus onto the skin. It is usually caused by bacterial infection, |
| Chaffing | A skin irritation
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| Chapped Hands | A skin irritation |
| Chest & Lung Complaints | Breathing difficulties |
| Chest Complaints | Breathing difficulties |
| Chilblains | A condition that occurs when a predisposed individual is exposed to cold and humidity, causing tissue damage |
| Croup | A respiratory infection that is usually caused by a virus. The infection leads to swelling inside the wind pipe |
| Cutaneous Disease | The adjective cutaneous means "of the skin" therefor this refers to skin disease |
| Cuts | Slicing of the skin |
| Eczema | Also known as Dermatitis, an inflammation of the skin. It is characterized by itchy, erythematous, vesicular, weeping, and crusting patches. |
| Erysipelas | An acute infection typically with a skin rash, usually on any of the legs and toes, face, arms, and fingers |
| Fistulas | An abnormal connection between two hollow spaces, such as blood vessels, intestines, or other hollow organs |
| Foul Shaves | Irritation following shaving of the face |
| Gatherings | No idea ? |
| Gout | Gout often involves the joint at the base of the big toe and is usually characterized by recurrent attacks of inflammatory arthritis—a red, tender, hot, and swollen joint. |
| Housemaids Knee | Inflammation of the knee following excessive kneeling |
| Inflamations | Swollen reaction to injury or infection |
| Insect Bites | Irritation occur when some insects inject formic acid, causing a skin reaction resulting in redness and swelling |
| Inveterate Ulcers | Chronic skin breakage |
| Kings Evil | Also known as scrofula, swelling of the lymph nodes in the neck |
| Mosquito Bites | Insect bite from a mosquito |
| Open Sores | A wound in which skin is torn, cut, or punctured (an open wound), or where blunt force trauma causes a contusion |
| Piles | Also known as Hemorrhoids, vascular structures in the anal canal that become inflamed |
| Psoriasis | A long-lasting auto immune disease evidenced by patches of abnormal skin, typically red, itchy, and scaly. |
| Rheumatism | Rheumatism is an umbrella term for conditions causing chronic, often intermittent pain affecting the joints |
| Ringworm | A clinical condition caused by fungal infection of the skin |
| Scabies | Scabies, known as the seven-year itch, is a contagious skin infestation. Common symptoms are severe itchiness and a pimple-like rash |
| Scald Head | Disease of the scalp charachterised by the falling out of the hair |
| Scalds | Scalding is a form of thermal burn resulted from heated fluids such as boiling water or steam. |
| Scrulous | Also known as King's Evil, this is the swelling of the lymph nodes in the neck |
| Scorbutic Eruptions | Having to do with Scurvy |
| Scurvy | A disease resulting from a deficiency of vitamin C causing scorbutic eruptions. |
| Skin Outbreaks | Breakage of the skin, |
| Sore Throats | Pain or irritation of the throat |
| Sore Eyes | Inflammation of the eyes, conjunctivitus for example |
| Sprains | Also known as a torn ligament, it is damage to one or more ligaments in a joint, often caused by trauma |
| Stiff Joints | Pain on moving a joint, the symptom of loss of range of motion or the physical sign of reduced range of motion |
| Sunburn | A form of radiation burn to the skin, as a result of an overexposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation, usually the sun |
| Swellings | Abnormal enlargement of a body part or area not caused by a tumor |
| Tumours | An abnormal growth of tissue. When forming a mass it is commonly referred to as a tumor or tumour |
| Varicose Veins | Veins that have become enlarged and twisted. |
| Venerial Sores | A type of injury in which skin is torn, cut, or punctured (an open wound) |
| Wounds | A whitlow or felon is an infection of the tip of the finger. |
| Whitlows | Sexually transmitted diseases causing oral cold sores or genital irritation |
