tick-fever

Updated: July 25, 2026

So joining forces with another white sergeant of his regiment, who was hardly recovered from a wound, these two good fellows set out with a note that, this time, was not to be destroyed, for the instruction of their regimental doctor. A third scourge responsible for frequent admissions into hospital is "tick-fever." Rather an unpleasant name, isn't it?

Robert Valentine Dolbey - Sketches of the East Africa Campaign