Ten Things: August

This year our Ten Things series – which surprisingly appears on the tenth of each month – continues concentrating on the amusing, both real and fictional. So this month we have …

Ten Curiously Named Diseases
(with what they afflict)

  1. Astrakhan Spotted Fever (humans)
  2. Corridor Disease (bovines)
  3. Flaccid Trunk Disease (elephants)
  4. Hamberger Gill Disease (fish)
  5. Huanglongbing (citrus trees)
  6. Motley Dwarf Disease (carrots)
  7. O’nyong-nyong fever (humans)
  8. Tulip Fingers (humans)
  9. Witches’ Broom (cacao trees)
  10. Wobbly Possum Disease (possums)