worm-fever

Updated: June 21, 2025

Hence intermittent, nervous, putrid and bilious fevers, are common in the country, and prove fatal to many of its inhabitants. Young children are very subject to the worm-fever, which cuts off multitudes of them. The dry belly-ache, which is a dreadful disorder, is no stranger to the climate.

Alexander Hewatt - An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 2