prison fever

American  

noun

1. typhus.

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Example Sentences

The mother made her way on foot to Charleston, S.C., to nurse the sick patriots in the prison-ships, and there died of the prison fever, in 1781.

From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 12 American Leaders by Lord, John

That many died from dysentery, smallpox and prison fever, there is no doubt; but there is not any record that they were starved to death.

From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by Stark, James H.

Is there a danger of prison fever, sergeant?

From Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

The principal physical disabilities are prison fever, colds, pneumonia, lung diseases and rheumatism.

From The Twin Hells; a thrilling narrative of life in the Kansas and Missouri penitentiaries by Reynolds, John N.

A very woebegone battalion we must have looked as we tramped to our new quarters--many of us suffering from prison fever, all more or less in rags, and half starved.

From Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow by Strang, Herbert