pestilential

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Books of this kind lately published are, a short Discourse concerning Pestilential Contagion, by Dr. Mead.

From Medicina Flagellata Or, The Doctor Scarify'd by Anonymous

And Riverius says, the Petechiæ do not always appear; but when they do, it is a most certain Sign of a Pestilential Fever.

From An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany by Monro, Donald

Perhaps a word more may be allowed in regard to the paper on Pestilential Disorders by Noah Webster.

From Priestley in America 1794-1804 by Smith, Edgar Fahs

Pestilential Impostumes or Tumours are those that are accompany'd with a Fever, Swooning, Head-ach, and Faintness: They usually arise in the time of a Plague or Pestilence, and are contagious.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel

Mr. Spalding 217 Captain Pierce and his daughters 219 Pestilential winds of volcanic origin.

From The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation by Darwin, Erasmus