Tuesday 29 April 2014

Modern Names For Old-Timey Ailments

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What happened to all the old diseases and symptoms we hear about in Civil War journals and Abe Simpson's rants? Like Bad Blood, Mortification, Brain Fever and Lockjaw? Did we cure them all?

In most cases, no, but we at least started calling them by different, less emotive names. Take this quiz about old-timey ailments. Choose the proper term for each oldfangled malady.

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