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"Ancient Illness" Quiz.....********UPDATE...LSR WINS!!**********

  Author:  28193  Category:(Games - USM) Created:(1/30/2006 9:24:00 PM)
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How many of these "ancient illnesses" can you match, to the modern day description?

1. St. Vitus dance

2. Fits

3. Mad Hatter's disease

4. Consumption

5. Quinsy

6. Dropsy

7. Grocer's Itch

8. Malignant Sore Throat

9. Grippe

10. Dairy Fever

11. Trench Mouth

12. Milk Sickness

13. Winter Fever

*************Modern Day Descriptions:

1. Flu

2. Mercury poisoning causing brain damage

3. Pneumonia

4. A fever lasting one day

5. Edema

6. Disease from milk of cows that has eaten poisonous weeds

7. Tuberculosis

8. Painful ulcers and gingivitis along gum line, due to poor nutrition and hygiene

9. A description of purposeless, irregular and involuntary movements of the arms, legs, hands or mouth

10. Skin disease caused by mites in sugar and flour

11. Seizures

12. Tonsillitis

13. Diptheria

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Date: 1/30/2006 11:11:00 PM  From Authorid: 42945    an interesting read...thank you....  
Date: 1/31/2006 1:00:00 AM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 28193    Hi Zema, are you going to try and guess the answers? lol..I will post the answers tomorrow night.  
Date: 1/31/2006 9:09:00 AM  From Authorid: 27534    Achoo......sniff....ummmmmm thanks for the read....interesting.  
Date: 1/31/2006 9:36:00 AM  From Authorid: 10773    Umm none probably! LOL! Let's see here.. These are going to be total guesses lol even though I know I've heard of some of these before.. fits=11? trench mouth=8? milk sickness=6? Mad Hatter's disease=2? malignant sore throat=12? winter fever=1? consumption=3? grocer's itch=4? Bleh, I'm done lol   
Date: 1/31/2006 10:22:00 AM  From Authorid: 59418    Wow, very interesting!  
Date: 2/1/2006 9:03:00 AM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 28193    Here are the answers: 1...9, 2...11, 3...2, 4...7, 5...12, 6...5, 7...10, 8...13, 9...1, 10...4, 11...8, 12...6, 13...3  
Date: 2/1/2006 9:22:00 AM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 28193    LSR..wow!! I hadn't even heard of a lot of these. Here's your prize..a new Mercedes Benz. Here's the key to your new car..0---,  
Date: 2/1/2006 9:29:00 AM  From Authorid: 46527    LOL, thanks for the prize. A lot of these things are still called by their old names here in the UK.  
Date: 2/2/2006 9:03:00 PM  From Authorid: 42945    sorry hun, I was going to come back to this post after I checked my emails and plumb forgot all about it, when I did LSR had won it..lol!!! *hugs*  

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