prison fever
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
It is only the prison fever," the young man answered; "food and this cold will drive that out of me.
From Lion and the Unicorn by Davis, Richard Harding
The next day this poor convict was taken with the prison fever, and in one short week he was a corpse.
From The Twin Hells; a thrilling narrative of life in the Kansas and Missouri penitentiaries by Reynolds, John N.
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.
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