jail fever
Britishnoun
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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
As he contrived, however, to be as little alone as possible his gayety was commonly uppermost till that loathsome distemper, called the jail fever, broke out in the prison.
From The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales by Hannah More
He'd been kept a prisoner till exchanged, and had had a hard time getting home, with little money and a bad wound in the leg, besides being feeble with jail fever.
From Spinning-Wheel Stories by Louisa May Alcott
For the jail fever, see Lecky, vol. i, pp. 500-503.
From History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by Andrew Dickson White
Consequently dysentery, smallpox and jail fever made fearful ravages.
From "Evacuation Day", 1783 Its Many Stirring Events: with recollections of Capt. John Van Arsdale by James Riker
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