Putrid fever

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(Med.)

typhus fever; - so called from the decomposing and offensive state of the discharges and diseased textures of the body.

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Adynamic fevers			A disease known since antiquity, typhus has been described as follows: "A kind of continued fever, attended with great prostration of the nervous and vascular systems, with a tendency to putrefaction in the fluids and vitiation in the secretions; putrid fever. Typhus by Emerging Infectious Diseases Putrid fever and lung inflammation probably mean typhus and pneumonia, but nervous fever is unidentifiable. Jane Austen and "a society of sickness" by Takei, Akiko / Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal			Putery Putid Putidity Putin putlog Putnam putoff Putonghua Putour putout Putrajaya Putredinous putrefacient putrefaction putrefactive putrefiable putrefy putrefying Putresce putrescence putrescent putrescible Putrescin putrescine putrid Putrid fever Putrid sore throat putrid-smelling Putridity Putridness Putrifacted Putrification Putrify Putrilage Putry putsch putschism putt puttee putter putter around Putter-on putterer putti Puttier putting putting green putting iron Putting stone putting surface Putting the hand under the thigh			putrescence putrescence putrescence putrescences putrescences putrescences putrescences Putrescene Putrescene Putrescene putrescent putrescent putrescent putrescent Putrescent Infection putrescible putrescible putrescible Putrescin Putrescin Putrescin putrescine putrescine putrescine Putri Naga Komodo Putri Santa Ursula Marching Brass putrid putrid putrid putrid Putrid fever Putrid Sea Putrid sore throat putrid-smelling putridity putridity putridity putridity putridly putridly putridly putridly putridness putridness putridness putridness Putrifacted Putrifaction Putrifaction Putrifaction Putrifaction (biochemistry) Putrifaction (biochemistry) Putrifaction (biochemistry) Putrification Putrification Putrification Putrification Putrify Putrify Putrify Putrify

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