-
typhus fever, is a
group of
infectious diseases that
include epidemic typhus,
scrub typhus, and
murine typhus.
Common symptoms include fever, headache...
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conditions where lice
spread easily),
where it was
known as Gaol
fever or
Jail fever. Gaol
fever often occurs when
prisoners are
frequently huddled together...
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commonly called Jail …
Fever,’ 1775;
German translation, 1778. ‘Account of the
Epidemic Cough and
Fever,’ 1776. ‘Account of a
Fever and
Sorethroat in...
- "Black ****ize," was a
dreadful instance of the
deadly effects of the
jail fever. The judges, jury, witnesses, nay, in fact
every person,
except the prisoners...
- to a
sewer and a
rubbish heap for two months. In 1750, an
outbreak of "
jail fever" at the Old
Bailey next to
Newgate Prison killed at
least 50 people. In...
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arranged to sell the
diamond to Eliason.
Beaulieu fell
terribly ill from
jail fever and died in a poor
humble lodging. When
Eliason went
round to pay over...
- water;
Oxford was "close and offensive";
Worcester was so
subject to
jail fever that the
castle surgeon would not
enter the prison;
Gloucester was "wretched...
- and sent to
close confinement in Montreal. He and
others came down with
jail fever but
recovered due to the
ministrations of the
Sisters of Charity. In November...
- loss of his
father from the
terminal effects of what was then
called "
Jail Fever". Two
years later, his
mother married Sir John Peyton, a man
whose military...
- Heysham's
thesis was De
rabie canina. He
published also An
Account of the
Jail Fever at
Carlisle in 1781 (London, 1782). In 1779
Heysham began a
series of...
