jail fever
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
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 Henry W. Bellows
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
He had caught the jail fever, which had long raged in the Carcel de la Corte, where I was imprisoned.
From George Borrow The Man and His Books by Edward Thomas
He sank under a contagious disorder, very prevalent at that time, and vulgarly termed the jail fever.
From Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty by Charles Dickens
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