"Petechial" Quotes from Famous Books
... and January, February, and March 1762, we had several Men sent from Quarters in the Town of Bremen to the Hospital, sick of the Petechial Fever: they were quartered on the Ground-floors of low damp Houses, and fresh Meat and Vegetables so dear that they could not afford to buy them; but were obliged to live mostly on salt Provisions. I was told likewise that the spotted Fever was ... — An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany • Donald Monro |