01 n. A contagious continued fever lasting from two to three weeks, attended with great prostration and cerebral disorder, and marked by a copiou…
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A contagious continued fever lasting from two to three weeks, attended with great prostration and cerebral disorder, and marked by a copious eruption of red spots upon the body. Also called jail fever, famine fever, putrid fever, spottled fever, etc. See Jail fever, under Jail.(Med.) Also: jail fever, famine fever, putrid fever, spottled fever See: Jail