calenture

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The ailment was influenza, and he called it a calenture.

From The Path of the King by Buchan, John

Four more officers died, and most of Ralegh's personal servants, so that, though he was himself suffering from a severe calenture, he was attended only by pages.

From Great Ralegh by Selincourt, Hugh de

One finds instead a sort of violent fever and calenture which not merely deflects, as any emotion may, but totally inhibits the rational operations of the mind.

From The World in Chains Some Aspects of War and Trade by Mavrogordato, John

Carlisle was there seated in the shade of a giant palm, watching the drilling of a yet weak and staggering company whose very memory that burning calenture had enfeebled.

From Sir Mortimer by Johnston, Mary

Yellow fever and calenture broke out among the troops in camp around Santiago about the same time that they appeared in Siboney.

From Campaigning in Cuba by Kennan, George