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'''Old-timey diseases''' are diseases that haven't been eradicated by vaccines, but no one seems to get any more.  
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'''Old-timey diseases''' are diseases that haven't been eradicated by vaccines, but no one seems to get any more except the elderly. Most of these were treated by smelling salts or the judicious use of brandy.
 
 
  
 
== Examples of old-timey diseases ==
 
== Examples of old-timey diseases ==
* The [[vapors]]
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* [[The vapors]]
 
* Dropsy
 
* Dropsy
 
* Hysteria
 
* Hysteria

Latest revision as of 21:19, 20 November 2016

Old-timey diseases are diseases that haven't been eradicated by vaccines, but no one seems to get any more except the elderly. Most of these were treated by smelling salts or the judicious use of brandy.

Examples of old-timey diseases

  • The vapors
  • Dropsy
  • Hysteria
  • Cotton Lung
  • Pregnancy Brain
  • Corn nose
  • Monkey Pox