We Have Come So Far...I Haven't Ever Heard of Some of These Ailments
I searched for a few of the ones that I had never heard of and found that a quinsie is an accumulation of pus behind a tonsil. Chrisomes is a term used for infants who die within their first month of life, around the time of baptism when they would have worn white gowns called chrisomes. Surfeit... Sign in to see full entry.