catarrhal fever

American  

noun

Veterinary Pathology.

1. bluetongue.

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Etymology

Origin of catarrhal fever

First recorded in 1780–90

Example Sentences

Piratical Captain Dover once described a vague malaise that sailors often get as acute catarrhal fever.

From Time Magazine Archive

Into Walter Reed Hospital, reportedly with heart trouble, went Multimillionaire Major Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. Out of the Philadelphia Naval Hospital after a bout with catarrhal fever came Lieut.

From Time Magazine Archive

Treatment—This consists firstly in doing all in our power to guide the specific catarrhal fever to a safe termination; and, secondly, in watching for and combating complications.

From Dogs and All about Them by Leighton, Robert

During my stay in Verkhoyansk a kind of epidemic catarrhal fever prevailed throughout the district; the symptoms were violent depression of the chest, noise in the ears, headache, etc....

From From Paris to New York by Land by De Windt, Harry

Its spasmodic character in some of the older epidemics led to the confounding of epidemic catarrhal fever with whooping cough.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various