Word: chorea
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...harder than any other species of domestic animal" ; epilepsy is rather common in kittens ; castration of male kittens" should be done at about six months of age, spaying before the first year; bladder stones are very common in old, neutered toms; cats "rarely, if ever, have rickets, rheumatism, chorea, tetanus, or become poisoned by snake bites"; morphine crazes...
...Huntington's chorea, hereditary optic atrophy, familial cases of Friedreich's ataxia, and certain other disabling degenerative diseases recognized to be hereditary...
...Middle Ages victims of the disease were taken to "dance" before images of St. Vitus, patron of comedians.* It was believed that those who danced before St. Vitus would be certain of good health during the following year. Hence the general name for the disease. The medical term is chorea, which like chorus connotes dancing. Chorea, or St. Vitus's Dance, is a nervous ailment which the afflicted cannot help, caused by some infection. The causative organism has not yet been recognized. Rheumatic fever is often associated with St. Vitus's Dance. Seven out of ten victims...