DCHP-3

Red River fever

Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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See 1889 quote.

Quotations

1883
The doctors insist that for the low Red River fever it is an indispensable medicine.
1889
In fact it is the typho-malarial scourge known as Red River fever in Manitoba, jungle fever in India . . . and Rocky Mountain fever in British Columbia.
1945
Aunt Alice's heart sank. The Red River fever!