catarrhal fever

American  

noun

Veterinary Pathology.

1. bluetongue.

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Etymology

Origin of catarrhal fever

First recorded in 1780–90

Example Sentences

Piratical Captain Dover once described a vague malaise that sailors often get as acute catarrhal fever.

From Time Magazine Archive

Into Walter Reed Hospital, reportedly with heart trouble, went Multimillionaire Major Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. Out of the Philadelphia Naval Hospital after a bout with catarrhal fever came Lieut.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1626-27 epidemic catarrhal fever made its appearance in Italy and France; in 1642-43 in Holland; in 1647 in Spain and in the colonies of the Western World; and again, in 1655 in North America.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Bleeding is not likely to be practised in epidemic catarrhal fever while the present views of its place in therapeutics continue to influence practice.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

M. le Docteur Roche was sent for: he pronounced the disorder to be a catarrhal fever; the symptoms nothing unfavourable; the perspiration beneficial, but excessive; and ordered the removal of some of the bed-clothes.

From Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith by Beste, Henry Digby