diff --git a/disease/anthrax.arc b/disease/anthrax.arc
index 892faf7c6..f9d465a4d 100644
--- a/disease/anthrax.arc
+++ b/disease/anthrax.arc
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ exp 1000
 hp 1
 sp 1
 msg
-You feel feverish.  Your muscles spasm
-oddly....  Breathing is difficult.
+You feel feverish.  Your muscles spasm oddly....  Breathing is difficult.
 endmsg
 race animal
 level 12
diff --git a/disease/arthritis.arc b/disease/arthritis.arc
index 502c977e9..2259ae119 100644
--- a/disease/arthritis.arc
+++ b/disease/arthritis.arc
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ ac 1
 last_eat 0
 exp 10000
 msg
-Your joints are swollen.  You feel weak and
-less dextrous.
+Your joints are swollen.  You feel weak and less dextrous.
 endmsg
 race *
 level 7
diff --git a/disease/diarrhea.arc b/disease/diarrhea.arc
index f19f355a6..4f8539902 100644
--- a/disease/diarrhea.arc
+++ b/disease/diarrhea.arc
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ maxsp 0
 last_eat 0
 exp 100
 msg
-You can't control your sphincter.  You have
-a messy accident.  Yuck!
+You can't control your sphincter.  You have a messy accident.  Yuck!
 endmsg
 race *
 level 5
diff --git a/disease/flaming_fart.arc b/disease/flaming_fart.arc
index bd5c75905..7f887bff7 100644
--- a/disease/flaming_fart.arc
+++ b/disease/flaming_fart.arc
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ maxsp 0
 last_eat 0
 exp 100
 msg
-You blow a great fart.  It ignites.  My God,
-the REEK!
+You blow a great fart.  It ignites.  My God, the REEK!
 endmsg
 race *
 level 5
diff --git a/disease/incontinence.arc b/disease/incontinence.arc
index 131d3686a..7f656f855 100644
--- a/disease/incontinence.arc
+++ b/disease/incontinence.arc
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ maxsp 0
 last_eat 0
 exp 100
 msg
-You can't control your bladder.  You have a
-messy accident.  Yuck!
+You can't control your bladder.  You have a messy accident.  Yuck!
 endmsg
 race *
 level 5
diff --git a/disease/insanity.arc b/disease/insanity.arc
index 15e6f505b..282b3a0e7 100644
--- a/disease/insanity.arc
+++ b/disease/insanity.arc
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ ac 3
 last_eat 0
 exp 10000
 msg
-You start gibbering incoherently.  You
-forget where you are and what you were doing.
+You start gibbering incoherently.  You forget where you are and what you were doing.
 endmsg
 race *
 level 15
diff --git a/disease/leprosy.arc b/disease/leprosy.arc
index 0329b1043..c25255a47 100644
--- a/disease/leprosy.arc
+++ b/disease/leprosy.arc
@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@ exp 1000
 hp 1
 sp 1
 msg
-Splotches are spreading around your body.
-You feel disgusted with yourself.  A piece
-of skin flakes off and falls to the ground.
+Splotches are spreading around your body. You feel disgusted with yourself.  A piece of skin flakes off and falls to the ground.
 endmsg
 race *
 level 5
diff --git a/disease/rabies.arc b/disease/rabies.arc
index fe7d316b6..3418abe97 100644
--- a/disease/rabies.arc
+++ b/disease/rabies.arc
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@ exp 5000
 hp 1
 sp 1
 msg
-You notice everyone is looking at you with
-evil intent.  You must kill them!  You begin
-to salivate.
+You notice everyone is looking at you with evil intent.  You must kill them!  You begin to salivate.
 endmsg
 race *
 level 12
diff --git a/disease/scurvy.arc b/disease/scurvy.arc
index b9a0222fe..73d7b64f3 100644
--- a/disease/scurvy.arc
+++ b/disease/scurvy.arc
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ maxsp 0
 last_eat 0
 exp 100
 msg
-You spit out a tooth.  Better increase that
-dietary vitamin C!
+You spit out a tooth.  Better increase that dietary vitamin C!
 endmsg
 race *
 level 5
diff --git a/disease/smallpox.arc b/disease/smallpox.arc
index 4cec03ad5..376071ab6 100644
--- a/disease/smallpox.arc
+++ b/disease/smallpox.arc
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ exp 10000
 hp 1
 sp 1
 msg
-You have a nasty rash all over you.  Are those
-pustules?
+You have a nasty rash all over you.  Are those pustules?
 endmsg
 race goblin,human,troll,giant,dwarf
 level 20
diff --git a/disease/tooth_decay.arc b/disease/tooth_decay.arc
index 76d7e3429..f851d9909 100644
--- a/disease/tooth_decay.arc
+++ b/disease/tooth_decay.arc
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@ ac 0
 last_eat 0
 exp 100
 msg
-A tooth wiggles loose and falls to the
-ground.  You should brush more.  Have I
-mentioned that your breath is disgusting,
-too?
+A tooth wiggles loose and falls to the ground.  You should brush more.  Have I mentioned that your breath is disgusting, too?
 endmsg
 race *
 level 5
diff --git a/disease/typhoid.arc b/disease/typhoid.arc
index a55788979..2a1241781 100644
--- a/disease/typhoid.arc
+++ b/disease/typhoid.arc
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ exp 1000
 hp 1
 sp 1
 msg
-You feel feverish.  Your muscles spasm
-oddly....  Breathing is difficult.
+You feel feverish.  Your muscles spasm oddly....  Breathing is difficult.
 endmsg
 race human,goblin,giant,troll
 level 12