jail fever
noun
a former name for typhus, once a common disease in jails
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How to use jail fever in a sentence
Far be from me the loss of eyes or limbs, such publicity as the pillory affords, or the grossness of a jail-fever.
The Heroine | Eaton Stannard BarrettConsequently dysentery, smallpox and jail fever made fearful ravages.
"Evacuation Day", 1783 | James RikerAt the end of a week Lettsom found him in the true jail-fever, or, what is the same, a true workhouse-fever.
A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2) | Charles CreightonHe had caught the jail fever, which had long raged in the Carcel de la Corte, where I was imprisoned.
George Borrow | Edward ThomasUpon it was the body of another poor prisoner, dead of jail fever.
For Faith and Freedom | Walter Besant
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