 | | | Subject: A87745783 - A 19th Century View of Fever
Posted Apr 27, 2012 by  You can call me TC - Ready for Reims - June 15th? Pas de panique! A87780612 A33659210
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  | | I've just had a look at this, and, apart from a bit of punctuation, it seems to fit the bill.
As some posters have mentioned, though, the actual word "fever" needs a little clarification.
I am never quite sure if "fever" means a high temperature or is an illness with other symptoms. In German, "Fieber haben" - to have a fever - simply means to have a high temperature, and when I first heard it, I thought they meant that the patient had some Victorian illness.
I am not quite sure what the US understanding of the word is, so maybe a little more clarification in the opening paragraph is necessary?
And  Florence Nightingale. Had a lot of common sense that woman.
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| | | Subject: A87745783 - A 19th Century View of Fever
Posted Apr 28, 2012 by Florida Sailor Visit my Club at A87794248
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| | Thank you T.C. for your interest and comments.
I did not think that the definition of "fever" would be an issue, that may be more a matter of age than culture. I remember once when I was quite young telling my Mother that I was to sick to go to school "I think I have a fever." She immediately corrected me, "You <I>may</I> have a temperature, but a fever is a very serious sickness."
I plugged a few phrases into Babel Fish and got the following German results.
I have contracted a fever
Ich habe Vertrag Fiebers abgeschlossen
Is it a tropical fever
Ist es ein tropisches Fieber
I added the first section, What is a Fever, after posting #9 by ddn. With the exception of the second and third to the last paragraph in the intro the fever = disease isn't really addressed there. maybe I should shift it to the conclusion. The main reason I included it in the intro was to prevent misleading anyone who did not make to the end.
I intend to address your concerns in the entry, not just the thread, but I am not sure about the best way to proceed.
You have compelled me to do a bit more modern research and I find the term "pyrexia" has the same ambiguity as fever, I believe I will strike that clause.
http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/pyrexia
It may be a while before I post this as HooToo is being a bit dodgy as I am typing. I keep getting "There is not enough space on the disk" hopefully it just a middle of the night maintenance thing.
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