trench fever

noun

, Pathology.

a recurrent fever, often suffered by soldiers in trenches in World War I, caused by a rickettsia transmitted by the body louse.

trench fever

an acute infectious disease characterized by fever and muscular aches and pains, caused by the microorganism Rickettsia quintana and transmitted by the bite of a body louse

First recorded in 1910–15

Two new diseases have been produced by the World War,—spotted typhus and trench fever; both are carried by vermin.

We're immensely merry—all except the trench-fever case who has conceived an immense sorrow for himself.

In my ambulance there are two leg-cases with most theatrical bandages, and one case of trench-fever.

Of what actually occurred I know little, for I was laid low in my hut with a bout of trench fever.

Late in the summer I accumulated a nice little case of trench fever.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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