ship fever

See typhus.

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The Air We Breathe brings back descendants of some of the characters introduced in Andrea Barrett's National Book Award-winning Ship Fever (1996).

The Air We Breathe

At a time when there were many theories concerning the cause of various infectious diseases, some ship surgeons either genuinely or wishfully believed that so-called ship fever was not infectious.

Maritime quarantine versus commerce: the role of the health officer of Port Jackson in the nineteenth century

Passionate investigators of the natural world are the central figures in Ship Fever, a collection of stories that won a National Book Award in 1996.

Seduced by Wonder - Andrea Barrett's characters chart the perilous terrain of the unknown, in the world and in their hearts

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