lake fever

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a fever resembling typhoid and contracted from drinking the polluted water of lakes and rivers.

Quotations

1808

The month is fast approaching, which in this part of the country, is understood to be the Ague and Lake Fever season.

1829

The Lake Fever prevails at Kingston, York, and other towns and villages on the borders of the great lakes.

1863

Lake fever and ague broke out among the low-lying log-houses, and Zack's highly adulterated and heavily priced drugs came into great demand.