“Dropsy” is not an actual disease, buta physical manifestation of kidney failure in fish, where the fish's body balloons outward from excess water and its scales stick out like a pinecone. Dropsy is used to describe the outer signs of a condition, not a specific condition or disease. ...
What disease was dropsy? Background: Dropsy was a term used to describe generalized swelling and was synonymous with heart failure. Its treatment options were scanty and were aimed to cause "emptying of the system" or to relieve fluid retention. Can humans catch diseases from fish? Like all ...