So, you ever had "La Grippe?"

You probably did, you just didn't know it.

It's actually the flu.

Some other weird and obscure names for diseases:

CANINE MADNESS: Rabies

DYSPEPSIA: Acid indigestion

DROPSY OF THE BRAIN: Encephalitis

FALLING SICKNESS: Epilepsy

PUTRID FEVER: Diphtheria

SIMPLE SMILING JESUS: spinal meningitis