Malta fever
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Malta fever
First recorded in 1865–70
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A member of the Royal Army Medical Corps, he discovered the microorganism in the tsetse fly which causes African sleeping sickness; and the cause of Malta fever.
From Time Magazine Archive
Malta fever and Brucellosis are commonly known in the U. S. as undulant fever.
From Time Magazine Archive
During the Crimean War, thousands of British soldiers quartered in the Mediterranean area were disabled by Malta fever.
From Time Magazine Archive
Newshawks were told he had Malta fever, so named because British Navy men stationed in the Mediterranean once got it from the milk of Maltese goats.
From Time Magazine Archive
Malta fever and relapsing fever, monkeys have been used with success, but in others, e.g. leprosy, none of the lower animals has been found to be susceptible.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various
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