…a deficiency disease of animals caused by a lack of cobalt in the soil (and hence in the diet)…
…a condition of cattle and sheep in the western US, caused by eating white snakeroot, which contains a toxic alcohol. It sometimes occurs in humans who have eaten meat or dairy products from affected animals…
…a disease of horses which affects the workings of the bowel and is usually fatal…
…an allergic reaction to an injection of serum, typically mild and characterized by skin rashes, joint stiffness, and fever…
…encephalitis lethargica, a brain infection causing drowsiness and sometimes coma…
…illness caused by ascent to a high altitude and the resulting shortage of oxygen, characterized chiefly by hyperventilation, nausea, exhaustion, and cerebral edema…
…nausea in pregnancy, typically occurring in the first few months. Despite its name, the nausea can affect pregnant women at any time of day…
…illness caused by exposure of the body to ionizing radiation, characterized by nausea, hair loss, diarrhea, bleeding, and damage to the bone marrow and central nervous system…
…(in the UK) benefit paid weekly by the state to an individual for sickness which interrupts paid employment…
…a tropical disease caused by a parasitic protozoan (trypanosome) that is transmitted by the bite of the tsetse fly. It causes fever, chills, pain in the limbs, and anemia, and eventually affects the nervous system causing extreme lethargy and death…
…any of various fevers with intense sweating, epidemic in England in the 15th-16th centuries…
…a condition that results when sudden decompression causes nitrogen bubbles to form in the tissues of the body. It is suffered particularly by divers (who often call it the bends), and can cause pain in the muscles and joints, cramps, numbness, nausea, and paralysis…
…a notifiable viral disease of horses, which is usually fatal. It is transmitted by biting insects and occurs chiefly in Africa, the Middle East, and the Mediterranean…
