Here is a partial list of illness and disease that affected America and Americans during the 19th century. Today in the 21st century many of these illnesses and diseases no longer plague first world America.
Antibiotics, dress code changes, better hygiene, fortified foods, clean tap water all added to a healthier America in the 20th century.
Malaria
Tuberculosis
Bowed Legs
Fainting Spells
Fainting Room
Chicken Pox
Measles
German Measles/Rubella
Mumps
Influenza
Pneumonia
Cholera
Dysentery
Diphtheria
Poliomyelitis
Blood poisoning
I found this site after I started my list. I'd like to refer people to it.
http://logicmgmt.com/1876/overview/medicine/diseases.htm
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