LIST OF DISEASES 



Siriasis. — Probably some form 

 of simstroke. 



Spasma. — Cramp. 



Splenicus. — Suffering from en- 

 larged or diseased spleen. 

 Enlargement of the spleen is 

 a common after-effect of 

 repeated attacks of malaria. 



Stegiia. — See note on XXIII 120. 



Stomacace. — Scurvy of the 

 mouth. 



Stomachicus. — It is doubtful 

 whether tliis means " one with 

 stomach trouble " or " one with 

 disease of the oesophagus." 

 It is a word not mueh used by 

 medical writers, but Caelius 

 Aurelianus has a section on 

 disease of the oesophagus. 

 Although the Romans dis- 

 tinguished (Celsus IV 1) 

 stomach from oesophagus 

 {stomachus can mean either), 

 thoy appear to have described 

 undor the same name their 

 morbid conditions. In English 

 " stomaeh," at least in popu- 

 lar speech, is equally vague. 



Stranguria. — Strangury. 



Struma. — A scrofulous sore. 



Suffusio. — Usually cataract. 



Suspiriosus. — Asthmatic. Ap- 

 parently a popular word, as 

 it is rarely found in the 

 medical writers. 



Syntecticus. — One wasting away, 

 frora whatever cause. 



Tertiana. — Tertian ague, ma- 

 laria with an onset every 

 other day. 



Testa. — A brick-coloured spot 

 on the face. See XXVI 163 

 and XXVIII 185. 



Tetanus. — Tetanus. See Celsus 

 IV 6, 1 with Spencer's notes 

 on opisthotonus and empros- 

 thotonus. 



Tormina (neut. pl.). — A general 

 word for colic. It also some- 

 tiraes means strangury. 



Treynidus. — One with morbid 

 tremors, palsied. See XX 85 

 paraiyticis et iremulis. 



Tuber. — A hard tumour. 



Tumor. — Any morbid swelling. 



Tussis. — A cougli — the com- 

 plaint rather than the act. 



Tympanicus. — One afflicted with 

 tympanites, a kind of dropsy, 

 which makes the belly 

 swell. 



Ulcus. — A favourite word with 

 Pliny, usually used in the 

 plural. Ulcera manantia are 

 " running " sores, and ulcera 

 putrescentia {serpentia) in- 

 clude gangrene and super- 

 ficial malignant diseases. 



Unguis. — Another name for 

 pterygium, an infiammatory 

 swelling at the inner angle of 

 the lower eyelid. 



Varix. — Varicose vein. 



Varus. — A pimple on the face. 



Verruca. — Wart, a less wide 

 term than clavus. 



Vertigo.—Vertigo, usually giddi- 

 ness caused by illness. 



Vitiligo. — This includes more 

 tlian one kind of psoriasis. 

 The Romans distinguished 

 the dull white, the dark, and 

 the bright white. Sometimes 

 perhaps leprosy. 



Vomica. — Abscess ; any gather- 

 mg of pus, but apparently 

 larger than furimculus. It was 

 sometimes internal, but panics 

 was superficial. 



Zoster. — This ("girdle disease") 

 was herpes round the waist, 

 possibly shingles. Pliny calls 

 it a forra of erysipelas {ignis 

 aacer), XXVI 121. 



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