prison fever

American  

noun

1. typhus.

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Example Sentences

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

Emaciated as she was in the dungeon after prison fever, foul air and discomfort would have killed her; but now she had the most tender care, and not only plenty, but luxury.

From Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero by Curtin, Jeremiah

When I left France to follow Lafayette I never dreamed that I might die of prison fever in a hole like this.

From The New Land Stories of Jews Who Had a Part in the Making of Our Country by Levinger, Elma Ehrlich

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