(n.) A contagious, constitutional, febrile disease characterized by a peculiar eruption; variola. The cutaneous eruption is at first a collection of papules which become vesicles (first flat, subsequently umbilicated) and then pustules, and finally thick crusts which slough after a certain time, often leaving a pit, or scar.

African lethargy Asiatic cholera Chagres fever German measles Haverhill fever acute articular rheumatism ague alkali disease amebiasis amebic dysentery anthrax bacillary dysentery bastard measles black death black fever blackwater fever breakbone fever brucellosis bubonic plague cachectic fever cerebral rheumatism chicken pox cholera cowpox dandy fever deer fly fever dengue dengue fever diphtheria dumdum fever dysentery elephantiasis encephalitis lethargica enteric fever erysipelas famine fever five-day fever flu frambesia glandular fever grippe hansenosis hepatitis herpes herpes simplex herpes zoster histoplasmosis hookworm hydrophobia infantile paralysis infectious mononucleosis inflammatory rheumatism influenza jail fever jungle rot kala azar kissing disease lepra leprosy leptospirosis loa loa loaiasis lockjaw madness malaria malarial fever marsh fever measles meningitis milzbrand mumps ornithosis osteomyelitis paratyphoid fever parotitis parrot fever pertussis pneumonia polio poliomyelitis polyarthritis rheumatism ponos psittacosis rabbit fever rabies rat-bite fever relapsing fever rheumatic fever rickettsialpox ringworm rubella rubeola scarlatina scarlet fever schistosomiasis septic sore throat shingles sleeping sickness sleepy sickness snail fever splenic fever spotted fever strep throat swamp fever tetanus thrush tinea trench fever trench mouth tuberculosis tularemia typhoid typhoid fever typhus typhus fever undulant fever vaccinia varicella variola venereal disease viral dysentery whooping cough yaws yellow fever yellow jack zona zoster