A fever which reoccurred every fourth day; one of the indeterminate febrile ailments of the period, sweating sickness, probably influenza, which could be fatal. Lat. quartanus = of the fourth] (From Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases)
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A fever which reoccurred every fourth day; one of the indeterminate febrile ailments of the period, sweating sickness, probably influenza, which could be fatal. Lat. quartanus = of the fourth] (From Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases)
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