jail fever

British  

noun

1. a former name for typhus, once a common disease in jails

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Example Sentences

Among the possibilities mentioned were jail fever, camp fever, eruptive military fever, and autumnal fever.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

A few days after our arrival I was laid low by a mild attack of jail fever, of which I had doubtless brought the seeds from St. Malo.

From Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow by Strang, Herbert

For the jail fever, see Lecky, vol. i, pp. 500-503.

From History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by White, Andrew Dickson

Typhus or jail fever appeared in its most dreadful form, and the deaths were terribly frequent.

From Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience by Bellows, Henry W.

But, while these epidemics were thus checked in London, others developed by sanitary ignorance raged fearfully both there and elsewhere, and of these perhaps the most fearful was the jail fever.

From History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by White, Andrew Dickson