Miliary Fever (Noun)
Meaning
Epidemic in the 15th and 16th centuries and characterized by profuse sweating and high mortality.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- The miliary fever that swept through Europe in the 15th century was a major public health crisis, claiming thousands of lives.
- Historians believe that the miliary fever epidemic of the 16th century was caused by a combination of poor sanitation and a lack of medical care.
- The symptoms of miliary fever, including profuse sweating and high fever, were often fatal in the days before modern medicine.
- During the miliary fever epidemic of the 1500s, cities were often quarantined in an attempt to slow the spread of the disease.
- The miliary fever that ravaged Europe during the Renaissance was a major factor in the social and economic upheaval of the time.