calenture

Example Sentences

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But who will judge a man's constitution by the symptoms of calenture?

From St George's Cross by Keene, H. G. (Henry George)

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

At three o'clock on the night of Tuesday, July 26, I awoke in a chill, and before morning I had all the symptoms of calenture, with a temperature of 104.

From Campaigning in Cuba by Kennan, George

In this distress we had, besides the terror of the storm, one of our men die of the calenture, and one man and the boy washed overboard.

From The Children's Hour, v 5. Stories From Seven Old Favorites by Tappan, Eva March

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

From The Path of the King by Buchan, John