marsh fever
Britishnoun
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At a recent meeting of the Paris Academy, M. D'Abbadie called attention to some facts regarding marsh fever, which African travelers and others might do well to ponder.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 358, November 11, 1882 by Various
Perhaps not, since thy bridegroom-to-be lies ill with marsh fever, so Hadda has told me.
From The Golden Silence by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
The tropical marsh fever had them in its grip, and the grasp was tightening every moment.
From Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea by Tom Bevan
But their trials were not yet over: the marsh fever quickly laid up the crew; the captain, Banks, and Solander, were taken seriously ill.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 by Various
They let me loose when they found that I could be trusted, and I learned botany, and caught a marsh fever which nearly finished me.
From Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution by Maurice Henry Hewlett
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