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Bulam fever

Bulam fever noun: yellow fever.

Noun

Bulam fever (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) yellow fever
    • Authors have in general supposed the Bulam Fever to be only a higher grade of the Bilious Remittent, as this last is of the Intermittent; and the following eight points have been enumerated by Dr. Pinckard as a proof of their identity; to which eight points I beg to make the following replies.1815, Sir William Pym, Observations Upon the Bulam Fever
    • The President and one member (Mr. Pilleau) consider, that one attack of yellow or Bulam fever does give immunity from a second attack, except in rare instances.1852, J. O. M'William, “Observations on that portion of the "Second report on quarantine," by the general board of health”, in The Medical Times and Gazette, volume 1, page 512

Origin of Bulam fever

The disease was believed to have spread through contagion from a ship, the Hankey, that came from Bolama (then Bulam) in what is now Guinea-Bissau.

Questions about Bulam fever

What does Bulam fever mean?
Bulam fever means yellow fever.
What part of speech is Bulam fever?
Bulam fever is a noun.

Words near Bulam fever in the dictionary

  1. bulaks
  2. Bulala
  3. Bulala Norte
  4. Bulala Sur
  5. Bulalacao
  6. Bulam fever
  7. Bulan
  8. Bulanda
  9. Bulandshahr
  10. Bulange
  11. Bulao

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