marsh fever
Britishnoun
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He only mentioned quite casually at dinner that a young Englishman had been found close to his uncle’s house, nearly two months ago, who had been seized with a bad attack of marsh fever.
From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by Adams, H.C.
And you may catch marsh fever any day, if you sleep in the swamp neighbourhood.
From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by Adams, H.C.
It turned out that he was down with marsh fever in some out-of-the-way spot, and everything was over and finished with before he got back to civilisation and newspapers.”
From When William Came by Saki
Owing to the ravages of marsh fever the place is now nearly deserted.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 358, November 11, 1882 by Various
It was even to be feared that the air here during hot weather, was laden with that miasma which engenders the marsh fever.
From The Mysterious Island by White, Stephen W.
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