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** Glorian frets about the possibility of her family's penchant for "grievoushead" and the particular variety that can strike after giving birth. The description of her mother's periods in this mood (as well as the previous book's depiction of her descendant's sufferings) is clinical depression and post-partum depression.
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** Though not a disease, the description of the paler patches on Saghul's brown skin sounds like [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitiligo vitiglio]].
** Glorian frets about the possibility of her family's penchant for "grievoushead" and the particular variety that can strike after giving birth. The description of her mother's periods in this mood (as well as the previous book's depiction of her descendant's sufferings)is matches clinical depression and post-partum depression.
** Glorian frets about the possibility of her family's penchant for "grievoushead" and the particular variety that can strike after giving birth. The description of her mother's periods in this mood (as well as the previous book's depiction of her descendant's sufferings)
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Cancer is a special case. There was a time, back before anesthesia and asepsis, when most cancers were never diagnosed. Doctors could easily recognize breast, cervical, and vaginal cancers from an external examination, but without surgery, X-rays, or medical laboratories, they couldn't detect internal cancers. Because of this, cancer was seen as mainly a woman's disease, and one that could affect any woman: certainly nothing to be ashamed about in any event. By the early 20th century, however, X-rays and surgery had made it possible to diagnose almost any cancer. Unfortunately, it didn't allow them to do anything about most cancers since patients often didn't see their doctors until the condition was terminal. Cancer, therefore, became synonymous with "death sentence" and the word gained a sinister reputation. Even now, when half of all cancers can be cured, the word is considered much more malevolent than it would have been in the early 1800s, possibly due to the fact that, while half of all cancers can be cured, the treatment itself, usually involving surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and other painful procedures, can be pretty hellish in its own right. This is why modern readers of Creator/AnthonyTrollope's novel ''Doctor Thorne'' from ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfBarsetshire'' are often shocked when Trollope steps away from the church politics for a moment to frankly describe a woman dying of breast cancer, described as such. In his time, it wouldn't have been shocking.
An example of how unpalatable even the use of the word "cancer" in other contexts is the practice of published horoscopes substituting the name "Moon Child" for the astrolgical sign of Cancer. It's also a way for an artist to hedge their bets [[ArtisticLicenseBiology in case they got something wrong]], as they can't portray [X] Condition wrong if they never ''say'' it's [X] Condition.
An example of how unpalatable even the use of the word "cancer" in other contexts is the practice of published horoscopes substituting the name "Moon Child" for the astrolgical sign of Cancer. It's also a way for an artist to hedge their bets [[ArtisticLicenseBiology in case they got something wrong]], as they can't portray [X] Condition wrong if they never ''say'' it's [X] Condition.
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Cancer is a special case. There was a time, back before anesthesia and asepsis, when most cancers were never diagnosed. Doctors could easily recognize breast, cervical, and vaginal cancers from an external examination, but without surgery, X-rays, or medical laboratories, they couldn't detect internal cancers. Because of this, cancer was seen as mainly a woman's disease, and one that could affect any woman: certainly nothing to be ashamed about in any event. By the early 20th century, however, X-rays and surgery had made it possible to diagnose almost any cancer. Unfortunately, it didn't allow them to do anything about most cancers since patients often didn't see their doctors until the condition was terminal. Cancer, therefore, became synonymous with "death sentence" and the word gained a sinister reputation. Even now, when half of all cancers can be cured, the word is considered much more malevolent than it would have been in the early 1800s, possibly due to the fact that, while half of all cancers can be cured, the treatment itself, usually involving surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and other painful procedures, can be pretty hellish in its own right. This is why modern readers of Creator/AnthonyTrollope's novel ''Doctor Thorne'' from ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfBarsetshire'' are often shocked when Trollope steps away from the church politics for a moment to frankly describe a woman dying of breast cancer, described as such. In his time, it wouldn't have been shocking.
shocking. An example of how unpalatable even the use of the word "cancer" in other contexts is the practice of published horoscopes substituting the name "Moon Child" for the astrolgical sign of Cancer. Cancer.
It's also a way for an artist to hedge their bets [[ArtisticLicenseBiology in case they got something wrong]], as they can't portray [X] Condition wrong if they never ''say'' it's [X] Condition.
It's also a way for an artist to hedge their bets [[ArtisticLicenseBiology in case they got something wrong]], as they can't portray [X] Condition wrong if they never ''say'' it's [X] Condition.
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* To quote [[https://andyoucallyourselfascientist.com/2016/05/08/dr-ehrlichs-magic-bullet-1940/ a review of Dr Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet (1940)]] "the characters are allowed to talk about syphilis, but only as an abstract concept. That is, they are allowed to say things like, “Syphilis is a disease”; but never at any point does anyone say to a patient, “You have syphilis.” Instead, vague references to “this scourge” and “this dread disease” are made, with a strict distance kept at all times between the phenomenon of syphilis and those suffering from it".
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* To quote [[https://andyoucallyourselfascientist.com/2016/05/08/dr-ehrlichs-magic-bullet-1940/ a review of Dr Ehrlich’s Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940)]] "the characters are allowed to talk about syphilis, but only as an abstract concept. That is, they are allowed to say things like, “Syphilis "Syphilis is a disease”; disease"; but never at any point does anyone say to a patient, “You "You have syphilis.” " Instead, vague references to “this scourge” "this scourge" and “this "this dread disease” disease" are made, with a strict distance kept at all times between the phenomenon of syphilis and those suffering from it".
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* No one wants to talk about AIDS in ''Literature/TellTheWolvesImHome'', although justified due to it being set in TheEighties.
* The following lines about being gassed from Wilfred Owen's WWI poem ''Dulce et decorum est'' were edited by many when first published, often just by removing the word cancer and leaving the poem with a ruined meter.
-->Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,\\
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
* The following lines about being gassed from Wilfred Owen's WWI poem ''Dulce et decorum est'' were edited by many when first published, often just by removing the word cancer and leaving the poem with a ruined meter.
-->Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,\\
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
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* Mildred in ''Literature/OfHumanBondage'' is strongly implied to be a prostitute and dies, almost certainly of syphilis.
* Digory's mother in ''Literature/TheMagiciansNephew'', until she is cured by a magic fruit. In RealLife, author C.S. Lewis' mother died of cancer when he was ten years old.
* Digory's mother in ''Literature/TheMagiciansNephew'', until she is cured by a magic fruit. In RealLife, author C.S. Lewis' mother died of cancer when he was ten years old.
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* Mildred in ''Literature/OfHumanBondage'' is strongly implied to be a prostitute and dies, almost certainly of syphilis.
* Digory's mother in ''Literature/TheMagiciansNephew'', until she is cured by a magic fruit. In RealLife, author C.S. Lewis' mother''Literature/TheBrothersLionheart'': Skorpan died of cancer when he tuberculosis, but the disease is never named in the book.
* In Robert Cormier's "The Bumblebee Flies Anyway", both Cassie and Barney refer to their illnesses (which aren't identified but seem from their description to be cancer) as The Thing.
* In ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'', Tiny Tim's disease comes across this way to modern readers. Modern literary experts believe it wasten most likely intended to be either a kidney problem or rickets, but it's never explicitly identified in the narrative; all we get is Scrooge asking the Ghost of Christmas Present what's wrong with the boy, and receiving the answer of "Much, I'm afraid."
* ''Literature/ADayOfFallenNight'':
** Prioress Saghul dies after a sudden quick decline, shocking the other sisters because there was no warning beforehand. The sister who cared for her explains that there was a malignant growth in her stomach and that such things can grow for yearsold.before their symptoms herald a swift death -- in other words, stomach cancer.
** Glorian frets about the possibility of her family's penchant for "grievoushead" and the particular variety that can strike after giving birth. The description of her mother's periods in this mood (as well as the previous book's depiction of her descendant's sufferings) is clinical depression and post-partum depression.
* Digory's mother in ''Literature/TheMagiciansNephew'', until she is cured by a magic fruit. In RealLife, author C.S. Lewis' mother
* In Robert Cormier's "The Bumblebee Flies Anyway", both Cassie and Barney refer to their illnesses (which aren't identified but seem from their description to be cancer) as The Thing.
* In ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'', Tiny Tim's disease comes across this way to modern readers. Modern literary experts believe it was
* ''Literature/ADayOfFallenNight'':
** Prioress Saghul dies after a sudden quick decline, shocking the other sisters because there was no warning beforehand. The sister who cared for her explains that there was a malignant growth in her stomach and that such things can grow for years
** Glorian frets about the possibility of her family's penchant for "grievoushead" and the particular variety that can strike after giving birth. The description of her mother's periods in this mood (as well as the previous book's depiction of her descendant's sufferings) is clinical depression and post-partum depression.
* The following lines about being gassed from Wilfred Owen's WWI poem ''Dulce et decorum est'' were edited by many when first published, often just by removing the word cancer and leaving the poem with a ruined meter.
-->Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,\\
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
* In UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar era naval novel ''Literature/TheEdgeOfHonor'', all senior officers and the Chief of the Boat aboard the ''USS John Bell Hood'' conspire to hide their captain's bowel cancer diagnosis from the naval establishment, as the captain wanted to command a ship during wartime one last time before he goes. Unfortunately, this cover-up leads to them letting drug use run rampant throughout the crew, eventually endangering the ship.
* In the second ''Literature/{{Flashman}}'' book, ''Royal Flash'', a character is described as suffering from a "social disease". Flashman immediately responds, "[[EuphemismBuster You mean he's got the clap?]]"
* O-Lan in Pearl S. Buck's ''Literature/TheGoodEarth'' became sick later in the book. Her illness was never named, but she described it as "a fire in my vitals," which sounds like cancer.
* Subverted in Creator/LMMontgomery's novel ''Magic For Marigold'', in a chapter called simply "It". "It" is a mysterious disease that the adults around Marigold suspect she has caught, but which no one will tell her what it actually ''is,'' driving the girl distracted with all sorts of horrible imaginings of what "It" might be. Until her aunt tells her that "It" is [[spoiler:simply head lice.]]
* Digory's mother in ''Literature/TheMagiciansNephew'', until she is cured by a magic fruit. In RealLife, author C.S. Lewis' mother died of cancer when he was ten years old.
* Mildred in ''Literature/OfHumanBondage'' is strongly implied to be a prostitute and dies, almost certainly of syphilis.
-->Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,\\
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
* In UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar era naval novel ''Literature/TheEdgeOfHonor'', all senior officers and the Chief of the Boat aboard the ''USS John Bell Hood'' conspire to hide their captain's bowel cancer diagnosis from the naval establishment, as the captain wanted to command a ship during wartime one last time before he goes. Unfortunately, this cover-up leads to them letting drug use run rampant throughout the crew, eventually endangering the ship.
* In the second ''Literature/{{Flashman}}'' book, ''Royal Flash'', a character is described as suffering from a "social disease". Flashman immediately responds, "[[EuphemismBuster You mean he's got the clap?]]"
* O-Lan in Pearl S. Buck's ''Literature/TheGoodEarth'' became sick later in the book. Her illness was never named, but she described it as "a fire in my vitals," which sounds like cancer.
* Subverted in Creator/LMMontgomery's novel ''Magic For Marigold'', in a chapter called simply "It". "It" is a mysterious disease that the adults around Marigold suspect she has caught, but which no one will tell her what it actually ''is,'' driving the girl distracted with all sorts of horrible imaginings of what "It" might be. Until her aunt tells her that "It" is [[spoiler:simply head lice.]]
* Digory's mother in ''Literature/TheMagiciansNephew'', until she is cured by a magic fruit. In RealLife, author C.S. Lewis' mother died of cancer when he was ten years old.
* Mildred in ''Literature/OfHumanBondage'' is strongly implied to be a prostitute and dies, almost certainly of syphilis.
* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', there is a lot of characters who have vaguely described medical conditions. This is a medieval world where the local doctors just do not have the knowledge to identify diseases as we do, so all we have is symptoms. Nevertheless, the disease from which Lord Hoster Tully is dying is heavily hinted to be cancer and King Viserys I's symptoms before death match those of untreated diabetes.
* No one wants to talk about AIDS in ''Literature/TellTheWolvesImHome'', although justified due to it being set in TheEighties.
* No one wants to talk about AIDS in ''Literature/TellTheWolvesImHome'', although justified due to it being set in TheEighties.
* In the ''Trixie Belden'' series, Honey's governess, Miss Trask, had an ill sister. Miss Trask looked after her in the hospital when she was chaperoning the B.W.G.s and their friends in New York in ''Mystery of the Blinking Eye''. They never mentioned what the sister had, though.
* In ''Literature/TheTurnOfTheScrew'' it's never specified what the previous governess died of, but given the context it's likely [[spoiler:death by childbirth, suicide after becoming pregnant, or a botched abortion.]]
* In ''Literature/TheTurnOfTheScrew'' it's never specified what the previous governess died of, but given the context it's likely [[spoiler:death by childbirth, suicide after becoming pregnant, or a botched abortion.]]
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* In the second Literature/{{Flashman}} book, ''Royal Flash'', a character is described as suffering from a "social disease". Flashman immediately responds, [[EuphemismBuster "You mean he's got the clap?"]]
* In ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'', Tiny Tim's disease comes across this way to modern readers. Modern literary experts believe it was most likely intended to be either a kidney problem or rickets, but it's never explicitly identified in the narrative; all we get is Scrooge asking the Ghost of Christmas Present what's wrong with the boy, and receiving the answer of "Much, I'm afraid."
* ''Literature/ADayOfFallenNight:''
** Prioress Saghul dies after a sudden quick decline, shocking the other sisters because there was no warning beforehand. The sister who cared for her explains that there was a malignant growth in her stomach and that such things can grow for years before their symptoms herald a swift death--in other words, stomach cancer.
** Glorian frets about the possibility of her family's penchant for "grievoushead" and the particular variety that can strike after giving birth. The description of her mother's periods in this mood (as well as the previous book's depiction of her descendant's sufferings) is clinical depression and post-partum depression.
* O-Lan in Pearl S. Buck's ''Literature/TheGoodEarth'' became sick later in the book. Her illness was never named, but she described it as "a fire in my vitals," which sounds like cancer.
* In the ''Trixie Belden'' series, Honey's governess, Miss Trask, had an ill sister. Miss Trask looked after her in the hospital when she was chaperoning the B.W.G.s and their friends in New York in ''Mystery of the Blinking Eye''. They never mentioned what the sister had, though.
* Skorpan in ''Literature/TheBrothersLionheart''. He died of tuberculosis but the disease is never named in the book.
* Subverted in Creator/LMMontgomery's novel ''Magic For Marigold'', in a chapter called simply "It". "It" is a mysterious disease that the adults around Marigold suspect she has caught, but which no one will tell her what it actually ''is,'' driving the girl distracted with all sorts of horrible imaginings of what "It" might be. Until her aunt tells her that "It" is [[spoiler:simply head lice.]]
* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', there is a lot of characters who have vaguely described medical conditions. This is a medieval world where the local doctors just do not have the knowledge to identify diseases as we do, so all we have is symptoms. Nevertheless, the disease from which Lord Hoster Tully is dying is heavily hinted to be cancer and King Viserys I's symptoms before death match those of untreated diabetes.
* In Robert Cormier's "The Bumblebee Flies Anyway", both Cassie and Barney refer to their illnesses (which aren’t identified but seem from their description to be cancer) as The Thing.
* In UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar era naval novel ''Literature/TheEdgeOfHonor'', all senior officers and the Chief of the Boat aboard the ''USS John Bell Hood'' conspire to hide their captain’s bowel cancer diagnosis from the naval establishment, as the captain wanted to command a ship during wartime one last time before he goes. Unfortunately this cover up leads to them letting drug use run rampant throughout the crew, eventually endangering the ship.
* In ''Literature/TheTurnOfTheScrew'' it's never specified what the previous governess died of, but given the context it's likely [[spoiler: death by childbirth, suicide after becoming pregnant, or a botched abortion.]]
* ''Literature/UnderHeaven'' has 'the sugar sickness' otherwise known as diabetes. An Li suffers from it, and one of his political opponents had a plan to use it against him.
* In ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'', Tiny Tim's disease comes across this way to modern readers. Modern literary experts believe it was most likely intended to be either a kidney problem or rickets, but it's never explicitly identified in the narrative; all we get is Scrooge asking the Ghost of Christmas Present what's wrong with the boy, and receiving the answer of "Much, I'm afraid."
* ''Literature/ADayOfFallenNight:''
** Prioress Saghul dies after a sudden quick decline, shocking the other sisters because there was no warning beforehand. The sister who cared for her explains that there was a malignant growth in her stomach and that such things can grow for years before their symptoms herald a swift death--in other words, stomach cancer.
** Glorian frets about the possibility of her family's penchant for "grievoushead" and the particular variety that can strike after giving birth. The description of her mother's periods in this mood (as well as the previous book's depiction of her descendant's sufferings) is clinical depression and post-partum depression.
* O-Lan in Pearl S. Buck's ''Literature/TheGoodEarth'' became sick later in the book. Her illness was never named, but she described it as "a fire in my vitals," which sounds like cancer.
* In the ''Trixie Belden'' series, Honey's governess, Miss Trask, had an ill sister. Miss Trask looked after her in the hospital when she was chaperoning the B.W.G.s and their friends in New York in ''Mystery of the Blinking Eye''. They never mentioned what the sister had, though.
* Skorpan in ''Literature/TheBrothersLionheart''. He died of tuberculosis but the disease is never named in the book.
* Subverted in Creator/LMMontgomery's novel ''Magic For Marigold'', in a chapter called simply "It". "It" is a mysterious disease that the adults around Marigold suspect she has caught, but which no one will tell her what it actually ''is,'' driving the girl distracted with all sorts of horrible imaginings of what "It" might be. Until her aunt tells her that "It" is [[spoiler:simply head lice.]]
* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', there is a lot of characters who have vaguely described medical conditions. This is a medieval world where the local doctors just do not have the knowledge to identify diseases as we do, so all we have is symptoms. Nevertheless, the disease from which Lord Hoster Tully is dying is heavily hinted to be cancer and King Viserys I's symptoms before death match those of untreated diabetes.
* In Robert Cormier's "The Bumblebee Flies Anyway", both Cassie and Barney refer to their illnesses (which aren’t identified but seem from their description to be cancer) as The Thing.
* In UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar era naval novel ''Literature/TheEdgeOfHonor'', all senior officers and the Chief of the Boat aboard the ''USS John Bell Hood'' conspire to hide their captain’s bowel cancer diagnosis from the naval establishment, as the captain wanted to command a ship during wartime one last time before he goes. Unfortunately this cover up leads to them letting drug use run rampant throughout the crew, eventually endangering the ship.
* In ''Literature/TheTurnOfTheScrew'' it's never specified what the previous governess died of, but given the context it's likely [[spoiler: death by childbirth, suicide after becoming pregnant, or a botched abortion.]]
* ''Literature/UnderHeaven'' has 'the sugar sickness' otherwise known as diabetes. An Li suffers from it, and one of his political opponents had a plan to use it against him.
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* In ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'', Tiny Tim's disease comes across this way to modern readers. Modern literary experts believe it was most likely intended to be either a kidney problem or rickets, but it's never explicitly identified in the narrative; all we get is Scrooge asking the Ghost of Christmas Present what's wrong with the boy, and receiving the answer of "Much, I'm afraid."
* ''Literature/ADayOfFallenNight:''
** Prioress Saghul dies after a sudden quick decline, shocking the other sisters because there was no warning beforehand. The sister who cared for her explains that there was a malignant growth in her stomach and that such things can grow for years before their symptoms herald a swift death--in other words, stomach cancer.
** Glorian frets about the possibility of her family's penchant for "grievoushead" and the particular variety that can strike after giving birth. The description of her mother's periods in this mood (as well as the previous book's depiction of her descendant's sufferings) is clinical depression and post-partum depression.
* O-Lan in Pearl S. Buck's ''Literature/TheGoodEarth'' became sick later in the book. Her illness was never named, but she described it as "a fire in my vitals," which sounds like cancer.
* In the ''Trixie Belden'' series, Honey's governess, Miss Trask, had an ill sister. Miss Trask looked after her in the hospital when she was chaperoning the B.W.G.s and their friends in New York in ''Mystery of the Blinking Eye''. They never mentioned what the sister had, though.
* Skorpan in ''Literature/TheBrothersLionheart''. He died of tuberculosis but the disease is never named in the book.
* Subverted in Creator/LMMontgomery's novel ''Magic For Marigold'', in a chapter called simply "It". "It" is a mysterious disease that the adults around Marigold suspect she has caught, but which no one will tell her what it actually ''is,'' driving the girl distracted with all sorts of horrible imaginings of what "It" might be. Until her aunt tells her that "It" is [[spoiler:simply head lice.]]
* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', there is a lot of characters who have vaguely described medical conditions. This is a medieval world where the local doctors just do not have the knowledge to identify diseases as we do, so all we have is symptoms. Nevertheless, the disease from which Lord Hoster Tully is dying is heavily hinted to be cancer and King Viserys I's symptoms before death match those of untreated diabetes.
* In Robert Cormier's "The Bumblebee Flies Anyway", both Cassie and Barney refer to their illnesses (which aren’t identified but seem from their description to be cancer) as The Thing.
* In UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar era naval novel ''Literature/TheEdgeOfHonor'', all senior officers and the Chief of the Boat aboard the ''USS John Bell Hood'' conspire to hide their captain’s bowel cancer diagnosis from the naval establishment, as the captain wanted to command a ship during wartime one last time before he goes. Unfortunately this cover up leads to them letting drug use run rampant throughout the crew, eventually endangering the ship.
* In ''Literature/TheTurnOfTheScrew'' it's never specified what the previous governess died of, but given the context it's likely [[spoiler: death by childbirth, suicide after becoming pregnant, or a botched abortion.]]
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** Prioress Saghul dies after a sudden quick decline, shocking the other sisters because there was no warning beforehand. The sister who cared for her explains that there was a malignant growth in her stomach and that such things can grow for years before their symptoms herald a swift death--in other words, stomach cancer.
** Glorian frets about the possibility of her family's penchant for "grievoushead" and the particular variety that can strike after giving birth. The description of her mother's periods in this mood (as well as the previous book's depiction of her descendant's sufferings) is clinical depression and post-partum depression.
** Prioress Saghul dies after a sudden quick decline, shocking the other sisters because there was no warning beforehand. The sister who cared for her explains that there was a malignant growth in her stomach and that such things can grow for years before their symptoms herald a swift death--in other words, stomach cancer.
** Glorian frets about the possibility of her family's penchant for "grievoushead" and the particular variety that can strike after giving birth. The description of her mother's periods in this mood (as well as the previous book's depiction of her descendant's sufferings) is clinical depression and post-partum depression.
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* Oddly inverted, along with just about everything else, in ''Film/TheRoom''. Lisa's mother says off-handedly that "I got the results of the test back. I definitely have breast cancer." This sets it up as a possible plot point. However, it is never mentioned again, and Lisa herself doesn't seem particularly affected by the news.
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* Oddly inverted, along with just about everything else, in ''Film/TheRoom''.''Film/TheRoom2003''. Lisa's mother says off-handedly that "I got the results of the test back. I definitely have breast cancer." This sets it up as a possible plot point. However, it is never mentioned again, and Lisa herself doesn't seem particularly affected by the news.
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Compare DiseaseByAnyOtherName, which is a disease which isn't known to the characters, but is by the audience. Contrast TheTopicOfCancer and TragicAIDSStory for the respective awkwardness and tension that mentioning such diseases by name can cause. See also SecretlyDying (which this trope often entails), NeverSayDie, VictorianNovelDisease, DelicateAndSickly, LittlestCancerPatient, TheScottishTrope, [[invoked]]DiagnosedBytheAudience, and GoodVictimsBadVictims.
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Compare DiseaseByAnyOtherName, which is a disease which isn't known to the characters, but is by the audience. Contrast TheTopicOfCancer and TragicAIDSStory for the respective awkwardness and tension that mentioning such diseases by name can cause. See also SecretlyDying (which this trope often entails), NeverSayDie, VictorianNovelDisease, DelicateAndSickly, LittlestCancerPatient, TheScottishTrope, [[invoked]]DiagnosedBytheAudience, and GoodVictimsBadVictims.
GoodVictimsBadVictims. See also DiagnosedBytheAudience, where the audience decides what a character has for themselves.
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* ''Film/MyCousinRachel'': Ambrose's father died of a tumor in the brain, and Rachel and Guido attribute both Ambrose's death and the terrifying letters he sent to Phillip to a tumor in his brain that affected his mental state. The word "cancer" is not used.
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* ''Film/MyCousinRachel'': ''Film/MyCousinRachel1952'': Ambrose's father died of a tumor in the brain, and Rachel and Guido attribute both Ambrose's death and the terrifying letters he sent to Phillip to a tumor in his brain that affected his mental state. The word "cancer" is not used.
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* In ''Anime/TokyoGodfathers'', Hana (a transgender woman) tells her foster mother at one point that her boyfriend has passed away. Her foster mother bluntly (but quietly) asks if he died from AIDS, to which Hana replies that he actually slipped on a bar of soap in the shower.
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* In ''Film/MeetTheFeebles'', the doctor ominously tells Harry he's caught "The Big One". This trope is averted when we find out near the end of the movie that he meant [[spoiler:myxomatosis]].
** Though, for a rabbit, [[spoiler:myxomatosis]] is a Big One indeed.
** Though, for a rabbit, [[spoiler:myxomatosis]] is a Big One indeed.
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* In ''Film/MeetTheFeebles'', Played with ''Film/MeetTheFeebles'': the doctor ominously tells Harry he's caught "The Big One". This trope is averted when we We find out near the end of the movie that he meant [[spoiler:myxomatosis]].
** Though, for a rabbit, [[spoiler:myxomatosis]] is a Big One indeed.myxomatosis--a real disease, but one [[FurryReminder specific to rabbits like Harry]].
** Though, for a rabbit, [[spoiler:myxomatosis]] is a Big One indeed.
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* ''Series/{{Community}}'' does its best to imply Abed is autistic, and known to be by the others characters, without ever actually using the word. For instance, another man "like Abed" contrasts themselves with "neurotypical" people. Another scene is clearly about Abed [[ThisIsReality mocking his friends for expecting the]] HollywoodAutism in procedural TV shows.
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* In ''Anime/TokyoGodfathers'', Hana (a transgender woman) tells her foster mother at one point that her boyfriend has passed away. Her foster mother bluntly (but quietly) asks if he died from AIDS, to which Hana replies that he actually slipped on a bar of soap in the shower.
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Compare DiseaseByAnyOtherName, which is a disease which isn't known to the characters, but is by the audience. Contrast TheTopicOfCancer and TragicAIDSStory for the respective awkwardness and tension that mentioning such diseases by name can cause. See also SecretlyDying (which this trope often entails), NeverSayDie, VictorianNovelDisease, DelicateAndSickly, LittlestCancerPatient, TheScottishTrope, AmbiguousDisorder, and GoodVictimsBadVictims.
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Compare DiseaseByAnyOtherName, which is a disease which isn't known to the characters, but is by the audience. Contrast TheTopicOfCancer and TragicAIDSStory for the respective awkwardness and tension that mentioning such diseases by name can cause. See also SecretlyDying (which this trope often entails), NeverSayDie, VictorianNovelDisease, DelicateAndSickly, LittlestCancerPatient, TheScottishTrope, AmbiguousDisorder, [[invoked]]DiagnosedBytheAudience, and GoodVictimsBadVictims.
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'''CANCER. LEPROSY. TUBERCULOSIS. SYPHILIS. AIDS. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking DIARRHEA]].'''
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'''CANCER. LEPROSY. HERPES. TUBERCULOSIS. SYPHILIS. AIDS. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking EXPLOSIVE DIARRHEA]].'''
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An example of how unpalatable even the use of the word "cancer" in other contexts is the practice of published horoscopes substituting the name "Moon Child" for the astrolgical sign of Cancer. It's also a way for an artist to hedge their bets [[ArtisticLicenseBiology in case they got something wrong]], as they can't portray X Condition wrong if they never ''say'' it's X Condition.
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An example of how unpalatable even the use of the word "cancer" in other contexts is the practice of published horoscopes substituting the name "Moon Child" for the astrolgical sign of Cancer. It's also a way for an artist to hedge their bets [[ArtisticLicenseBiology in case they got something wrong]], as they can't portray X [X] Condition wrong if they never ''say'' it's X [X] Condition.
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Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud''
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud''
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* ''Literature/DragonQueen'': whatever Trava's father has.
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* In the second {{Literature/Flashman}} book, ''Royal Flash,'' a character is described as suffering from a "social disease." Flashman immediately responds, [[EuphemismBuster "You mean he's got the clap?"]]
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* In the second {{Literature/Flashman}} Literature/{{Flashman}} book, ''Royal Flash,'' Flash'', a character is described as suffering from a "social disease." disease". Flashman immediately responds, [[EuphemismBuster "You mean he's got the clap?"]]
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* Subverted in Creator/LMMontgomery's novel ''Magic For Marigold,'' in a chapter called simply "It." "It" is a mysterious disease that the adults around Marigold suspect she has caught, but which no one will tell her what it actually ''is,'' driving the girl distracted with all sorts of horrible imaginings of what "It" might be. Until her aunt tells her that "It" is [[spoiler: simply head lice.]]
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* Subverted in Creator/LMMontgomery's novel ''Magic For Marigold,'' Marigold'', in a chapter called simply "It." "It". "It" is a mysterious disease that the adults around Marigold suspect she has caught, but which no one will tell her what it actually ''is,'' driving the girl distracted with all sorts of horrible imaginings of what "It" might be. Until her aunt tells her that "It" is [[spoiler: simply [[spoiler:simply head lice.]]
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* In Robert Cormier’s “The Bumblebee Flies Anyway", both Cassie and Barney refer to their illnesses (which aren’t identified but seem from their description to be cancer) as The Thing.
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* In Robert Cormier’s “The Cormier's "The Bumblebee Flies Anyway", both Cassie and Barney refer to their illnesses (which aren’t identified but seem from their description to be cancer) as The Thing.
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I don't think it makes sense to include COVID in this list - it's only existed for ~3 years, when the article talks about how the other diseases used to be more taboo to talk about
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'''CANCER. LEPROSY. TUBERCULOSIS. SYPHILIS. AIDS. CORONAVIRUS. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking DIARRHEA]].'''
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'''CANCER. LEPROSY. TUBERCULOSIS. SYPHILIS. AIDS. CORONAVIRUS. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking DIARRHEA]].'''
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* ''Literature/UnderHeaven'' has 'the sugar sickness' otherwise known as diabetes. An Li suffers from it, and one of his political opponents had a plan to use it against him.
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* ''Literature/UnderHeaven'' has 'the sugar sickness' otherwise known as diabetes. An Li suffers from it, and one of his political opponents had a plan to use it against him.
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* Literature/UnderHeaven'' has 'the sugar sickness' otherwise known as diabetes. An Li suffers from it, and one of his political opponents had a plan to use it against him.
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* Literature/UnderHeaven'' ''Literature/UnderHeaven'' has 'the sugar sickness' otherwise known as diabetes. An Li suffers from it, and one of his political opponents had a plan to use it against him.
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* In ''{{Literature/Rubyfruit Jungle}}'' Molly's adopted mother Carrie bluntly points out that her husband Carl contracted syphilis while sleeping around behind her back. It's implied this may be why they ended up adopting Molly if it left one or both of them infertile.
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* In ''{{Literature/Rubyfruit Jungle}}'' ''Literature/RubyfruitJungle'' Molly's adopted mother Carrie bluntly points out that her husband Carl contracted syphilis while sleeping around behind her back. It's implied this may be why they ended up adopting Molly if it left one or both of them infertile. infertile.
* Literature/UnderHeaven'' has 'the sugar sickness' otherwise known as diabetes. An Li suffers from it, and one of his political opponents had a plan to use it against him.
* Literature/UnderHeaven'' has 'the sugar sickness' otherwise known as diabetes. An Li suffers from it, and one of his political opponents had a plan to use it against him.
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** Website/YouTube demonetized videos for simply ''alluding to'' COVID-19, so many content creators skirt around it, either by not referring to it at all, or calling it ''The Pandemic''.
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** Website/YouTube demonetized videos for simply ''alluding to'' COVID-19, so many content creators skirt around it, either by not referring to it at all, or calling it ''The Pandemic''. Some, like iilluminaughtii, had fun with it and referred to it as 'the beer'.
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* In ''Literature/TheTurnOfTheScrew'' it's never specified what the previous governess died of, but given the context it's almost certainly [[spoiler: death by childbirth, suicide after becoming pregnant, or a botched abortion.]]
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* In ''Literature/TheTurnOfTheScrew'' it's never specified what the previous governess died of, but given the context it's almost certainly likely [[spoiler: death by childbirth, suicide after becoming pregnant, or a botched abortion.]]
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* In ''Literature/TheTurnOfTheScrew'' it's never specified what the previous governess died of, but given the context it's almost certainly [[spoiler: death by childbirth, suicide after becoming pregnant, or a botched abortion.]]
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'''LEPROSY. TUBERCULOSIS. SYPHILIS. THE CORONAVIRUS. CANCER. AIDS. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking DIARRHEA.]]'''
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'''LEPROSY. TUBERCULOSIS. SYPHILIS. THE CORONAVIRUS. CANCER. AIDS. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking DIARRHEA.]]'''
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* An interesting variation occurs in the ''Anime/RurouniKenshin: Seishohen'' OVA, where Kenshin [[spoiler:and later Kaoru]] suffer from an unknown disease. It's likely either a specific unmentionable or one they just made up. In either case, what exactly it is never gets brought up, but seeing as it's set in late 1800s Japan this may be justified by the setting.
** Also, while [[UsefulNotes/TheShinsengumi Souji Okita]] collapsed during the Ikeda-ya raid, it was never mentioned ''why''. Real-life Okita died in 1868 from tuberculosis, and while the symptoms did reveal themselves during the raid, in reality, he didn't collapse [[RuleOfDrama until the raid in question was over]].
** Also, while [[UsefulNotes/TheShinsengumi Souji Okita]] collapsed during the Ikeda-ya raid, it was never mentioned ''why''. Real-life Okita died in 1868 from tuberculosis, and while the symptoms did reveal themselves during the raid, in reality, he didn't collapse [[RuleOfDrama until the raid in question was over]].
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* An interesting variation occurs in the ''Anime/RurouniKenshin: Seishohen'' OVA, where {{OVA}}, in which Kenshin [[spoiler:and later Kaoru]] suffer from an unknown disease. It's likely either a specific unmentionable or one they just made up. In either case, what exactly it is never gets brought up, but seeing as it's set in late 1800s Japan this may be justified by the setting.
**setting. Also, while [[UsefulNotes/TheShinsengumi Souji Okita]] collapsed during the Ikeda-ya raid, it was never mentioned ''why''. Real-life Okita died in 1868 from tuberculosis, and while the symptoms did reveal themselves during the raid, in reality, he didn't collapse [[RuleOfDrama until the raid in question was over]].
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* In an SBS of ''Manga/OnePiece'', [[WordOfGod Oda Eiichiro]] was asked if a disease he had mentioned in the series was real. He noted that, yes, it definitely is real, but the name and general idea was tweaked a bit to sound fictional. Apparently, in the manga business, some terms/diseases are frowned upon for being "too real."
* Hyatt from ''Manga/ExcelSaga'' suffers from some unknown disease that causes her to ''vomit blood and die'' on a regular basis. [[TheyKilledKennyAgain She always gets better, though.]]
* Hyatt from ''Manga/ExcelSaga'' suffers from some unknown disease that causes her to ''vomit blood and die'' on a regular basis. [[TheyKilledKennyAgain She always gets better, though.]]
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* In an SBS of ''Manga/OnePiece'', [[WordOfGod Oda Eiichiro]] was asked if a disease he had mentioned in the series was real. He noted that, yes, it definitely is real, but the name and general idea was tweaked a bit to sound fictional. Apparently, in the manga business, some terms/diseases are frowned upon for being "too real."
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* Hyatt from ''Manga/ExcelSaga'' suffers from some unknown disease that causes her to ''vomit blood and die'' on a regular basis. [[TheyKilledKennyAgain She always gets better,though.]]though]].
* Hyatt from ''Manga/ExcelSaga'' suffers from some unknown disease that causes her to ''vomit blood and die'' on a regular basis. [[TheyKilledKennyAgain She always gets better,
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* Inverted in ''Manga/IllBoyIllGirl''. The disease that has afflicted the eponymous duo does not have a name. It's a plot point, though, as the boy has dibs on naming the disease after him... provided he dies from it first.
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* Inverted {{Inverted|Trope}} in ''Manga/IllBoyIllGirl''. The disease that has afflicted the eponymous duo does not have a name. It's a plot point, though, as the boy has dibs on naming the disease after him... provided that he dies from it first.
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* In ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro'', Mrs. Kusakabi is hospitalized, though what for is never stated outright. It is thought to be tuberculosis because the film is based on Creator/HayaoMiyazaki’s childhood and his mother had it.
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* In ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura'', Nadeshiko Kinomoto (the mother of TheProtagonist) is [[MissingMom mentioned to have died]] at the age of 27 from an unspecified illness.
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* In ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura'', ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'', Nadeshiko Kinomoto (the mother of TheProtagonist) is [[MissingMom mentioned to have died]] at the age of 27 from an unspecified illness.
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* [[ComicBook/ChickTracts Jack Chick]]'s tract "Wounded Children" contains an odd variant: A DepravedHomosexual speaks of his lover dying of "cancer", which a {{footnote|Fever}} tells us means "AIDS".
** JerkassHasAPoint: It wasn't unusual in the '80s and '90s for people with AIDS to say they had cancer, to avoid the stigma. In many cases, it's not a total lie, since Kaposi's Sarcoma is an opportunistic skin cancer (the infamous black lesions) AIDS victims often die from. In fact, in the early '80s, before it was identified and named, AIDS was often colloquially called "gay cancer" (within gay communities).
* There's an autobiography (in graphic novel form) called ''Stitches'', about this guy's crapsack childhood. At one point his parents don't tell him that he has and is about to undergo surgery for throat cancer. He finds out by accident a while later, and when he asks why he wasn't told, they tell him it's because he "didn't need to know."
* One of the children terrorized by Kamara the Monkey-King in ''[[ComicBook/SwampThing Saga of the Swamp Thing]]'' had some ''very'' frightening ideas about "cancer", as a relative had subjected the kid to dire warnings about it without actually explaining what it ''was''.
* [[ComicBook/ChickTracts Jack Chick]]'s tract "Wounded Children" contains an odd variant: A DepravedHomosexual speaks of his lover dying of "cancer", which a {{footnote|Fever}} tells us means "AIDS".
** JerkassHasAPoint: It wasn't unusual in the '80s and '90s for people with AIDS to say they had cancer, to avoid the stigma. In many cases, it's not a total lie, since Kaposi's Sarcoma is an opportunistic skin cancer (the infamous black lesions) AIDS victims often die from. In fact, in the early '80s, before it was identified and named, AIDS was often colloquially called "gay cancer" (within gay communities).
* There's an autobiography (in graphic novel form) called ''Stitches'', about this guy's crapsack childhood. At one point his parents don't tell him that he has and is about to undergo surgery for throat cancer. He finds out by accident a while later, and when he asks why he wasn't told, they tell him it's because he "didn't need to know."
* One of the children terrorized by Kamara the Monkey-King in ''[[ComicBook/SwampThing Saga of the Swamp Thing]]'' had some ''very'' frightening ideas about "cancer", as a relative had subjected the kid to dire warnings about it without actually explaining what it ''was''.
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* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/329450 Bolt out of the Blue]]'', a ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' fanfic by [=RaceUlfson=], two characters contract pepperpox. It is shown to cause high fever, headache, sore throat, no appetite, aches, and little red spots on the skin, as well as being very damaging to unborn fetuses. This makes it a slightly more serious version of real-life virus rubella or German measles. There is even a vaccine for it in the story, just like in real life, which is very effective but some people choose not to get, just like in real life.
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* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/329450 Bolt out of the Blue]]'', a ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' fanfic by [=RaceUlfson=], two characters contract pepperpox. It is shown to cause high fever, headache, sore throat, no appetite, aches, and little red spots on the skin, as well as being very damaging to unborn fetuses. This makes it a slightly more serious version of real-life virus rubella or German measles. There is even a vaccine for it in the story, just like in real life, which is very effective but which some people choose not to get, just like in real life.
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* Miguel mentions tactfully that ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'' "has trouble remembering things." Her fading memory then becomes a major plot point, but it is never specifically stated whether it's Alzheimer's or just ordinary dementia.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Onward}}'': Ian and Barley's dad [[DisappearedDad died from a terminal illness]] when the former wasn’t even born yet and the latter was a toddler, but what exactly it was is never stated.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Onward}}'': Ian and Barley's dad [[DisappearedDad died from a terminal illness]] when the former wasn’t even born yet and the latter was a toddler, but what exactly it was is never stated.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'': Miguel mentions tactfully that ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'' "has Coco "[[ScatterbrainedSenior has trouble remembering things." things]]". Her fading memory then becomes a major plot point, but it is never specifically stated whether it's Alzheimer's or just ordinary dementia.
* In ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro'', Mrs. Kusakabi is hospitalized, though what for is never stated outright. It is thought to be tuberculosis because the film is based on Creator/HayaoMiyazaki's childhood, and his mother had it.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Onward}}'': Ian and Barley's dad [[DisappearedDad died from a terminal illness]] when the formerwasn’t wasn't even born yet and the latter was a toddler, but it's never stated what exactly it was is never stated.was.
* In ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro'', Mrs. Kusakabi is hospitalized, though what for is never stated outright. It is thought to be tuberculosis because the film is based on Creator/HayaoMiyazaki's childhood, and his mother had it.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Onward}}'': Ian and Barley's dad [[DisappearedDad died from a terminal illness]] when the former
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* At the end of ''Film/ForrestGump'', Jenny tells Forrest that she's "sick". It's never said what she had, only that it's a virus and was terminal. Given the disapproving tone surrounding Jenny's Bohemian lifestyle outside of Forrest's orbit, and that Jenny could be seen as experiencing the "bad side" of decades versus Forrest's hopeful one, it was often assumed the 1980s setting meant it would be AIDS. An especially sad case as Jenny was still incredibly unsure of herself when she left Forrest the second time before Forrest Jr. was born, and a relapse occurred during their life apart. Also leads to some complaints that verge on RealityIsUnrealistic, since the fact that neither Forrest nor their son seems to be infected ''can'' happen if an infected person is careful, and straight men are at low (though not zero) risk of infection through sex. The worst part is that Jenny exhibits no symptoms of her disease while dying other than feeling very, very tired... making her appear to be the physically weakest human being in history.
** WordOfGod indicates that it was Hepatitis C.
** WordOfGod indicates that it was Hepatitis C.
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* At the end of ''Film/ForrestGump'', Jenny tells Forrest that she's "sick". It's never said what she had, only that it's a virus and was terminal. Given the disapproving tone surrounding Jenny's Bohemian lifestyle outside of Forrest's orbit, and that Jenny could be seen as experiencing the "bad side" of decades versus Forrest's hopeful one, it was often assumed the 1980s setting meant it would be AIDS. An especially sad case as Jenny was still incredibly unsure of herself when she left Forrest the second time before Forrest Jr. was born, and a relapse occurred during their life apart. Also leads to some complaints that verge on RealityIsUnrealistic, since the fact that neither Forrest nor their son seems to be infected ''can'' happen if an infected person is careful, and straight men are at low (though not zero) risk of infection through sex. The worst part is that Jenny exhibits no symptoms of her disease while dying other than feeling very, very tired... making her appear to be the physically weakest human being in history.
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* In ''Film/AndTheBandPlayedOn'', about the first decade of the AIDS epidemic, this is a plot point. When Richard Gere's character, a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of Michael Bennett, dies, his obituary reads that he died after a "long illness," leading Dr. Don Francis, the protagonist, to object that "This could be the first deadly epidemic in history of which nobody officially died."
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* In ''Film/AndTheBandPlayedOn'', about the first decade of the AIDS epidemic, this is a plot point. When Richard Gere's character, a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of Michael Bennett, dies, his obituary reads that he died after a "long illness," illness", leading Dr. Don Francis, the protagonist, to object that "This could be the first deadly epidemic in history of which nobody officially died."
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* The American folk song "St. James Infirmary", and its British progenitor, "The Unfortunate Rake", never mention the illness that dooms the narrator and his sweetheart, but details in the lyrics provide a clue: mentions of "white salts" or "mercury pills" mean mercuric chloride, a 19th-century remedy for syphilis.
** The real St. James Infirmary was a medieval leper hospital, and the song probably dates back that far (after 1536 the building was generally known as "St. James's ''Palace''"). This may be an example of one Disease That Shall Not Be Named substituting for an earlier one that had faded from memory.[[note]]A later American variant of the song, "The Streets of Laredo," eventually drops both the disease angle and all subtlety with the moralizing, making the sufferer into a murder victim by the hand of a jealous rival implied to be the woman's husband.[[/note]]
-->Three letters[[note]]HIV[[/note]] took him to his final resting place
* The American folk song "St. James Infirmary", and its British progenitor, "The Unfortunate Rake", never mention the illness that dooms the narrator and his sweetheart, but details in the lyrics provide a clue: mentions of "white salts" or "mercury pills" mean mercuric chloride, a 19th-century remedy for syphilis.
** The real St. James Infirmary was a medieval leper hospital, and the song probably dates back that far (after 1536 the building was generally known as "St. James's ''Palace''"). This may be an example of one Disease That Shall Not Be Named substituting for an earlier one that had faded from memory.[[note]]A later American variant of the song, "The Streets of Laredo," eventually drops both the disease angle and all subtlety with the moralizing, making the sufferer into a murder victim by the hand of a jealous rival implied to be the woman's husband.[[/note]]
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* The American folk song "St. James Infirmary", and its British progenitor, "The Unfortunate Rake", never mention the illness that dooms the narrator and his sweetheart, but details in the lyrics provide a clue: mentions of "white salts" or "mercury pills" mean mercuric chloride, a 19th-century remedy for syphilis.
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* The White Mage questline for ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV''[='=]s ''Stormblood'' expansion centers around a mother living with her child in the woods just past the border between Gridania and Ala Mhigo, who finds herself keeling over in pain several times from a heart condition. Nothing is discussed about what that condition actually is or what caused it - only that it's going to eventually kill her, and even white magic can do nothing to fix it.
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* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'': The White Mage questline for ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV''[='=]s the ''Stormblood'' expansion centers around a mother living with her child in the woods just past the border between Gridania and Ala Mhigo, who finds herself keeling over in pain several times from a heart condition. Nothing is discussed about what that condition actually is or what caused it - -- only that it's going to eventually kill her, and even white magic can do nothing to fix it.
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* In the ''{{WesternAnimation/Arthur}}'' episode "Grandpa Dave's Memory Album," it is shown that Arthur's grandfather is suffering from memory loss, but no disease (such as Alzheimer's, dementia or brain cancer) is mentioned. However, [[WordOfGod series creator Marc Brown]] stated in an [[https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/20/arts/television/marc-brown-arthur-ending.html interview]] that the episode was about was Alzheimer's, and that they consulted experts on the subject.
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* In the ''{{WesternAnimation/Arthur}}'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode "Grandpa Dave's Memory Album," Album", it is shown that Arthur's grandfather is suffering from memory loss, but no disease (such as Alzheimer's, dementia or brain cancer) is mentioned. However, [[WordOfGod series creator Marc Brown]] stated in an [[https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/20/arts/television/marc-brown-arthur-ending.html interview]] that the episode was about was Alzheimer's, and that they consulted experts on the subject.
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* In Manga/BlackJack's backstory, he broke this taboo to straightforwardly tell a fellow medical student she had ovarian cancer. Overall, Black Jack tends to be very blunt about the patient's chances.
* Averted in ''Anime/TokyoGodfathers'' when Hana's foster mother hears that Hana lost her boyfriend and asks (albeit under her breath) if he died of AIDS. Hana clarifies that he slipped on the soap in the shower.
* In ''Anime/TheWindRises'', it’s specifically stated that protagonist Jiro’s wife Naoko has TB. He marries her knowing she’s in the final stages and she dies at the end.
* Averted in ''Anime/TokyoGodfathers'' when Hana's foster mother hears that Hana lost her boyfriend and asks (albeit under her breath) if he died of AIDS. Hana clarifies that he slipped on the soap in the shower.
* In ''Anime/TheWindRises'', it’s specifically stated that protagonist Jiro’s wife Naoko has TB. He marries her knowing she’s in the final stages and she dies at the end.
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* In Manga/BlackJack's ''Manga/BlackJack'''s backstory, he Black Jack broke this taboo to straightforwardly tell a fellow medical student she had ovarian cancer. Overall, Black Jack he tends to be very blunt about the patient's chances.
* Averted in ''Anime/TokyoGodfathers'' when Hana's foster mother hears that Hana lost her boyfriend and asks (albeit under her breath) if he died of AIDS. Hana clarifies that he slipped on the soap in the shower.
* In ''Anime/TheWindRises'', it’s specifically stated that protagonist Jiro’s wife Naoko has TB. He marries her knowing she’s in the final stages and she dies at the end.
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* Averted in ''Anime/TokyoGodfathers'' when Hana's foster mother hears that Hana lost her boyfriend and asks (albeit under her breath) if he died of AIDS. Hana clarifies that he slipped on the soap in the shower.
* In ''Anime/TheWindRises'', it’s specifically stated that protagonist Jiro’s wife Naoko has TB. He marries her knowing she’s in the final stages and she dies at the end.
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* In ''Anime/TokyoGodfathers'', Hana's foster mother hears that Hana lost her boyfriend and asks (albeit under her breath) if he died of AIDS. Hana clarifies that he slipped on the soap in the shower.
* In ''Anime/TheWindRises'', it's specifically stated that protagonist Jiro's wife Naoko has TB. He marries her knowing that she's in the final stages and she dies at the end.
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* In ''Anime/TokyoGodfathers'', Hana's foster mother hears that Hana lost her boyfriend and asks (albeit under her breath) if he died of AIDS. Hana clarifies that he slipped on the soap in the shower.
* In ''Anime/TheWindRises'', it's specifically stated that protagonist Jiro's wife Naoko has TB. He marries her knowing that she's in the final stages and she dies at the end.
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* Averted in ''The Shootist'', where Creator/JohnWayne's character is explicitly said to have cancer.
** This may have something to do with the fact that John Wayne himself had previously struggled with lung cancer and done several [=PSAs=] about the disease. He would be diagnosed with stomach cancer shortly after the movie's release; this would be his last film.
** Played straight to a degree. It is never explicitly stated that Books has ''prostate'' cancer.
* From ''Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice'', "Everyone has AIDS!!" (Which is a parody of ''Theatre/{{RENT}}'', discussed in the Theatre folder below.)
** This may have something to do with the fact that John Wayne himself had previously struggled with lung cancer and done several [=PSAs=] about the disease. He would be diagnosed with stomach cancer shortly after the movie's release; this would be his last film.
** Played straight to a degree. It is never explicitly stated that Books has ''prostate'' cancer.
* From ''Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice'', "Everyone has AIDS!!" (Which is a parody of ''Theatre/{{RENT}}'', discussed in the Theatre folder below.)
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* Averted in ''The Shootist'', where Creator/JohnWayne's character In ''Film/TheShootist'', J.B. Books is explicitly said to have cancer.
**cancer. This may have something to do with the fact that John Wayne himself the actor, Creator/JohnWayne, had previously struggled with lung cancer and done several [=PSAs=] about the disease. He would be diagnosed with stomach cancer shortly after the movie's release; this would be his last film.
**film. Played straight as well, to a degree. It degree -- it is never explicitly stated that Books has ''prostate'' cancer.
* From ''Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice'', "Everyone hasAIDS!!" AIDS!" (Which is a parody of ''Theatre/{{RENT}}'', discussed in the Theatre folder below.)
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* From ''Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice'', "Everyone has
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In some languages, like [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_profanity Dutch]], names of diseases make up most of the language's profanity. If someone tells you to "kanker op", it's because he really doesn't want to see you, not because he wants you to get cancer.
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In some languages, like [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_profanity Dutch]], names of diseases make up most of the language's profanity. If someone tells you to "kanker op", it's because he really doesn't want to see you, not because he wants you to get cancer.
cancer. Similarly, if a Polish person kicks their toe painfully, dropping a bag full of eggs and destroying their best Sunday outfit in the process, they are quite likely to shout out "Cholera!!!" in despair.
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-->-''Series/TheSopranos''
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->"Think about it, Tone. Sudden weight loss..."\\
"AIDS?"\\
"'''Nobody's got AIDS!''' I don't want to hear that word in here again!"
-->-'''[[Series/TheSopranos Tony Soprano]]''' and friends discuss colleague who was recently outed.
"AIDS?"\\
"'''Nobody's got AIDS!''' I don't want to hear that word in here again!"
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"AIDS?"\\
"'''Nobody's
'''Paulie Walnuts:''' ''[shocked]'' AIDS?\\
'''Tony Soprano:''' '''Nobody's got AIDS!''' I don't want to hear that word in here
-->-'''[[Series/TheSopranos Tony Soprano]]''' and friends discuss colleague who was recently outed.
-->-''Series/TheSopranos''
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'''LEPROSY. TUBERCULOSIS. SYPHILIS. CANCER. AIDS. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking DIARRHEA.]]'''
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'''LEPROSY. TUBERCULOSIS. SYPHILIS. THE CORONAVIRUS. CANCER. AIDS. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking DIARRHEA.]]'''
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Compare DiseaseByAnyOtherName, which is a disease which isn't known to the characters, but is by the audience. Contrast TheTopicOfCancer and TragicAIDSStory for the respective awkwardness and tension that mentioning such diseases by name can cause. See also SecretlyDying (which this trope often entails), NeverSayDie, VictorianNovelDisease, IllGirl, LittlestCancerPatient, TheScottishTrope, AmbiguousDisorder, and GoodVictimsBadVictims.
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Compare DiseaseByAnyOtherName, which is a disease which isn't known to the characters, but is by the audience. Contrast TheTopicOfCancer and TragicAIDSStory for the respective awkwardness and tension that mentioning such diseases by name can cause. See also SecretlyDying (which this trope often entails), NeverSayDie, VictorianNovelDisease, IllGirl, DelicateAndSickly, LittlestCancerPatient, TheScottishTrope, AmbiguousDisorder, and GoodVictimsBadVictims.
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* An amazing example in 1939 TearJerker ''Film/DarkVictory'', which uses words like "glioma", "growth", and "malignant", and kills off the IllGirl at the end, but never says "cancer" or "brain cancer".
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* An amazing example in 1939 TearJerker ''Film/DarkVictory'', which uses words like "glioma", "growth", and "malignant", and kills off the IllGirl ill girl at the end, but never says "cancer" or "brain cancer".
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