febrile disease

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Rheum′atism, a name still used somewhat loosely, but applying specially to an acute febrile disease, with swelling and pain in and around the larger joints.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

This is a febrile disease, and is treated with a cooling purgative, bleeding, and oil or lard applied to the sores.

From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Jennings, Robert

Kakil nohkakil, the fire, the great fire, but here in the sense of a contagious febrile disease, probably the smallpox.

From The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 by Brinton, Daniel Garrison

It is, however, also applied in case of febrile disease.

From Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration by Dechmann, Louis

We have in this instance to be regulated by the usual precautions, as in all febrile disease where the gastric system is the greatest sufferer.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin