calenture
Example Sentences
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“Too old!”–His calenture ceased suddenly; there was a tug on his fishing line.
From The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday by Blunden, Edmund
Yellow fever and calenture broke out among the troops in camp around Santiago about the same time that they appeared in Siboney.
From Campaigning in Cuba by Kennan, George
X. has one good story, and with that I leave him, wishing him with all my heart that little inland farm at last which is his calenture as he paces the windy deck.
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney
The evidence relative to yellow fever, or calenture, during this period in Virginia is contradictory.
From Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699 by Hughes, Thomas Proctor
They seemed to me to have nothing more than calenture, brought on by overwork, a malarious atmosphere, and a bad sanitary environment.
From Campaigning in Cuba by Kennan, George
