calenture
Example Sentences
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The ailment was influenza, and he called it a calenture.
From The Path of the King by Buchan, John
The evidence relative to yellow fever, or calenture, during this period in Virginia is contradictory.
From Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699 by Hughes, Thomas Proctor
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
While moored here, Joseph Gabriel, the Chilian, who stole the Indian king's daughter, died of a malignant calenture.
From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Thornbury, Walter
They seemed to me to have nothing more than calenture, brought on by overwork, a malarious atmosphere, and a bad sanitary environment.
From Campaigning in Cuba by Kennan, George
