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Thanks Dmitri;
Added comment and blockquote to the intro. Great thought!

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Entry: A 19th Century View of Fever - A87745783
Author: Florida Sailor - U235886


Page turner.

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.

Whoops - nearly forgot Any chance of a link to someone singing "Fever"?

One day, maybe. When this place is all-singing, and all-dancing...

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 may 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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Added a 19th century definition of fever to the intro and eliminated repetition in the first section.

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This looks good to me.

I'm not suggesting you need this for your entry, but I thought it might be of general interest: the world malaria map:

http://cdc-malaria.ncsa.uiuc.edu/

My late mother was born in 1926. She always said she had malaria as a child. This was in northern Mississippi. I believe they only eradicated malaria after they introduced DDT, but I wouldn't swear to it. Living in a rice-growing region probably made you susceptible.

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Congratulations.

Well done! And so quick, too!

Oh - not so quick really, it's just that I came to the party late. In PR since March.

Never mind, have some or a to ward off the fever!

Subbie dropping by: PR thread read

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