Meanings of ship fever in English

It was the last; he never came back again; he died of ship fever.

No fear of scurvy or ship fever this voyage.

They had all had ship fever, and a more wretched looking family I had never seen.

Also called jail, camp, hospital, or ship fever.

Why I heard that the ship fever was raging here-thatthe hospitals were crowded, and many of your doctors sick!

The cessation of his brother's voice awoke him, and rubbing his eyes he said, Yes, yes, Ashton had the ship fever.

This seemed quite natural, and Mr. Middleton continued: Ashton was wasted to a mere skeleton by ship fever, and my heart yearned toward him.

The holds provide a congenial breeding ground for liceborne fever bacilli, and " ship fever" ravages the famine weakened emigrants during and after the voyage.

'Dane, there is ship fever among those Swedes that have just come to the Hollow.'

They chose Andrea Barrett, the author of " Ship Fever and Other Stories," for her elegant economies and full heart.

Ship fevers and all the other epidemics that dogged the old sailing fleets and scourged them like the plague never waited long.

"And do you remember a poor cabin boy, who was sick and worn out with the ship fever?"