Malta fever
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Malta fever
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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In the Naval Hospital at Washington, Dr. Edward Francis was a patient last week, suffering from Malta fever.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
They are subject to stomach worms, indicated by loss of flesh and weakness, and to Malta fever, which can be transmitted to man, in whom it is evidenced by recurring high temperatures.
From A Living from the Land by Duryee, William B.
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