Word: fever
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...were of secondary interest beside the fact that Eleutherios Venizelos, "Grand Old Man of Crete," founder of the Greek Republic, and now Prime Minister, was also down with dengue fever, after having just won the Greek elections (TIME, Sept...
...Also called breakbone, dandy, stiffnecked and knockel-koorts. It is an acute, communicable disease of short duration, characterized by a sudden onset; usually with severe pains in the head, muscles, bones and joints; fever; a bounding pulse increased in rate; and an irregular eruption. The disease always terminates in recovery if no complications are present...
Capt. Amundsen set out on June 18 to rescue Gen. Umberto Nobile, Italian Polar Pilgrim, whom he thoroughly detested. Gen. Nobile, saved by others, was reported last week at Milan and later at Rome to be suffering a high fever...
Premier Venizelos asked help of the League of Nations. Experts from France were despatched to Athens. M. Venizelos instructed his Ministry of Finance to grant all necessary credits to combat the fever...
Known as dengue fever, it is an acute contagious tropical disease, accompanied by sharp pains in muscles and joints...