FEVER 



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FEVER 



Breslau, a contagious, epidemic disease in Breslau in 

 the middle of the 18th century. Its nature is not 

 known. F., Brokenwing. Synonym of Dengue. 

 F., Bucket. Synonym of Dengue. F., Bulam. 

 Synonym of F., Yellow. F., Burdwan, a form of 

 Indian malarial fever. F.-bush. Spice-wood. The 

 bark and fruit of Lindera benzoin, an aromatic stimu- 

 lant and tonic. Its properties are due to a volatile oil. 

 Dose of the fid. ext. of the bark 3 j-ij ; of the berries 

 n\xx-s;j. Unof. F.-bush, California. See Garrya. 

 F., Camp. See F., Typhus. F., Carbuncular. 

 Synonym of Anthrax. F., Catarrhal, one with 

 a catarrhal affection of the air-passages. Synonym 

 of Influenza. F., Catheter, a severe remittent 

 fever sometimes following the passage of the cathe- 

 ter or sound. F., Cerebro-spinal, a malignant epi- 

 demic fever characterized by spasmodic contraction 

 of the muscles of the neck, retraction of the head, 

 hyperesthesia, etc., with lesions of the cerebral and 

 spinal membranes ; it is due to a specific poison. 

 F., Cesspool. Synonym of F, Typhoid. F., 

 Chagres. Synonym of F., Yellow, or F, Malarial. 

 F., Chickahominy. A synonym of F. , Typho- 

 malarial. F., Child-bed. . See F., Puerperal. F., 

 Colorado. Synonym of Dengue. F., Congestive, 

 a malignant form of a remittent or intermittent malarial 

 fever. Also a synonym of Cerebrospinal Meningitis. 

 F., Congo, African fever. A form of fever, of mala- 

 rial origin, and often of pernicious type, that prevails 

 on parts of the W. African coast. F., Contagious. 

 Synonym of F., Typhus. F., Continued, one in 

 which there is a slowly continuous rise of temperature 

 until a not high acme is reached, whence the fever 

 ends fatally or slowly subsides. F., Country. See 

 F, Florida. F., Cretan. Same as F. , Malta. F., 

 New, of Crete. Synonym of F., Mediterranean. 

 F., Dandy. Synonym of Dengue. F., Date. 

 Synonym of Dengue. F., Deccan. Synonym of 

 F. , Pernicious Malarial. F., Diary. Synonym of 

 F, Ephemeral. F., Dothienteric. Synonym of 

 F. , Typhoid. F., Dynamic. Synonym of F, 

 Relapsing. F., Elephantoid, a name given to the 

 severe febrile symptoms that often attend the onset 

 of Elephantiasis arabttm. F., Enteric. See F., 

 Typhoid. F., Epidemic Catarrhal. Synonym of 

 Influenza. F., Epidemic Gastro-rheumatic. Syno- 

 nym of Dengue. F., Epihippic, influenza in the 

 horse. F., Eruptive, that accompanied or suc- 

 ceeded by an eruption on the skin. Examples are 

 F. , Scarlet, Measles, Rotheln, Smallpox, Vaccination, 

 Varicella, Erysipelas, Dengue. F., Eruptive Epi- 

 demic, of India. Synonym of Dengue. F., 

 Essential. See F, Idiopathic. F., Famine. See 

 F., Relapsing. F., Feco-malarial. See P\, Medi- 

 terranean. F.-few, the herb Pyrethrum parthenium, 

 a stimulant tonic with emmenagogue and anthelmintic 

 properties. Dose of the fld. ext. 3 j-ij. Unof. F., 

 Five-day. Synonym of F., Relapsing. F., Florida, 

 Country Fever ; a form of fever occurring in tropical 

 or sub-tropical countries, resembling malaria or typhoid 

 fever. It is due to the prolonged action of high 

 temperatures. F., Gastric, a term used indefinitely 

 to indicate any febrile ailment associated with abdom- 

 inal symptoms. It may be a simple febricula or some 

 graver affection. F., Gastrobilious. See F, Medi- 

 terranean. F., Gibraltar. Synonym of F., Mediter- 

 ranean. F., Hay, a disease of the mucous membranes 

 of the nasal and respiratory passages, also at times 

 involving the conjunctiva and eyeball. It is marked 

 by catarrhal inflammation, coryza, and abundant lachry- 

 mation, with well-marked asthmatic attacks and great 

 depression. It is due to the pollen of the grains and 



other grasses, and to dust, odors, perfumes, and irrita- 

 ting substances acting upon a hypersensitive Schneide- 

 rian membrane in those with a marked nervous con- 

 stitution. It is also attributed to the influence of 

 microbes that float in the air. Climate seems to be a 

 potent factor in the etiology in certain cases. F., 

 Heat. Synonym of Insolation. F.-heat, the heat 

 of fever. F., Hectic. Synonym of Tabes mesenterica. 

 Also the fever that accompanies pulmonary tubercu- 

 losis and other diseases attended with suppuration. 

 F., Hemo-gastric. See F., Yellow. F., Hospital. 

 See F., Typhus. F., Idiopathic, one the cause of 

 which escapes detection. F., Inflammatory. Syno- 

 nym of Anthrax. F., Intermittent, one in which the 

 symptoms intermit, with intermediate periods of free- 

 dom from the febrile attack. This is the common form 

 of malarial fever. F., Italian. Synonym of Influenza 

 and of F. , Mediterranean. F., Jail. Synonym of 

 F, Typhus. F., Jungle, a remittent fever of India. 

 F., Kendal. Synonym of /'., Yelloiv. F., Leghorn. 

 Synonym of F. t Yellow. F., Lent. Synonym of F., 

 Typhoid. F., Levant. Synonym of F, Relapsing. 

 F., Low, fever of an asthenic type. F., Lung, acute 

 croupous pneumonia. F., Lying-in. Synonym of /'. , 

 Puerperal. F., Maculated. Synonym of F. , r J'yphus. 

 F., Malarial, a febrile condition of periodic character 

 dependent upon the presence of the hematozoa malariae. 

 F., Malarial Typhoid, typhoid fever modified by 

 simultaneous malarial infection. F., Malignant, a 

 severe and fatal form of any fever. F., Malta. See 

 F. , Mediterranean. F., Marsh. Synonym of F. , 

 Malarial. F., Mediterranean, Gastrobilious Fever; 

 Feco-malarial Fever ; Malta Fever ; Italian Fever ; 

 Neapolitan Fever; Cretan Fever; Rock Fever; Gibral- 

 tar Fever; a specific febrile disease occurring particul 

 ary on the Mediterranean coast, and characterized by 

 long, irregular pyrexia, frequent relapses, rheumatic 

 complications, constipation, and the absence of ulcera- 

 tion of Peyer's patches. It has an incubation period of 

 from six to nine days. The temperature may rise to 104 

 or 106 F., and in fatal cases to uo° F. The course is 

 often prolonged to from three months to a year or 

 more. The mortality rate is about two per cent. F., 

 Mesenteric. Synonym of Tabes mesenterica. F., 

 Miasmatic. Synonym of F., Malarial. F., Miliary, 

 an affection formerly very common, occurring in an 

 epidemic form, with a prodromal stage of two or three 

 days, during which there is great irritation of the 

 skin, debility, and a feeling of suffocation. This is 

 followed by profuse sweating, high fever, precordial 

 and epigastric distress, and the appearance on the 

 third or fourth day of a rash, first upon the neck and 

 breast, consisting of numerous round or irregular s] 

 in the center of which vesicles arise that finally burst 

 and form crusts. Desquamation and slow convales- 

 cence follow. F., Military. Synonym of F, Ty- 

 phus. F., Milk, a form of slight puerperal septi- 

 cemia, formerly thought to be due to the formation of 

 milk in the mother's breast. F., Mountain. Syno- 

 nym of F , Typhoid. F., Mucous. A synonym of 

 F., Typhoid, a. v. F., Neapolitan. See /'. , Medi- 

 terranean. F., New. Synonym of F. , Malta. F., 

 Night-soil. Synonym of F, Typhoid. F., Och- 

 lotic. Synonym of F. , Typhus. F., Paludal. See 

 F., Intermittent. F., Panama, an endemic fever on 

 the Isthmus of Panama ; pernicious malarial fever. 

 F., Periodic. See F., Intermittent. F., Pernicious, 

 a malignant fatal type of remittent or intermittent 

 malarial fever. F., Peyerian. Synonym of F., 

 Typhoid. F., Prison, typhus fever. F., Puerperal, 

 Metria ; an acute, heterogenetic, contagious febrile 

 affection of women in child-bed. It is due to the in* 



