prison fever

noun

1. typhus.

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

The next day this poor convict was taken with the prison fever, and in one short week he was a corpse.

From Project Gutenberg

Ten were sent to Newgate, where nine died miserably of prison fever and filth; the tenth survivor was executed.

From Project Gutenberg

“This cursed prison fever is eating me up;” and with that I turned my back on him.

From Project Gutenberg

But this one gleam of light was speedily quenched, for Onesiphorus caught the prison fever, and died at Rome.

From Project Gutenberg