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I had that year been dangerously ill of a fever in Holland; and when I was recovered of it, the febrific humor fell into my legs, and swelled them to that degree, and chiefly in the evening, that it was as painful to me as it was shocking to others.

Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005

Holland, that after his Recovery the febrific humour fell into his Legs which Swelled to Such a degree as to be very troublesome to himself and all who came near him.

Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 10 June 1783 1993

But the stomach of our State, if we may be permitted to use the expression, is, as yet, too tender and febrific to allow such a fearful deglutition.

History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Matilda Joslyn Gage 1862

Under the first head, I shall make a few pertinent extracts from different authors, to show the sense in which the word miasm or miasmata is used, and what is understood by them to be the source of this febrific agent.

An Address before the Medical Society of North Carolina, at Its Second Annual Meeting, in Raleigh, May 1851, by Charles E. Johnson, M.D. Charles Earl 1851

These are some of the facts and circumstances which have induced me to abandon the miasmatic hypothesis; for, whatever this febrific agent may be, if different from the appreciable states of the atmosphere and the earth's surface, it cannot be traced, as I think I have conclusively shown, by the presence of those conditions of moisture, heat, and vegetation, which are claimed as indispensable for its production.

An Address before the Medical Society of North Carolina, at Its Second Annual Meeting, in Raleigh, May 1851, by Charles E. Johnson, M.D. Charles Earl 1851

I had that year been dangerously ill of a fever in Holland; and when I was recovered of it, the febrific humor fell into my legs, and swelled them to that degree, and chiefly in the evening, that it was as painful to me as it was shocking to others.

Complete Project Gutenberg Earl of Chesterfield Works Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733

I had that year been dangerously ill of a fever in Holland; and when I was recovered of it, the febrific humor fell into my legs, and swelled them to that degree, and chiefly in the evening, that it was as painful to me as it was shocking to others.

Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1766-71 Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733

It should seem, that in this great body, there are two sorts of motions, the one natural and the other febrific, as there are in ours.

The Essays of Montaigne — Volume 06 Michel de Montaigne 1562

It should seem, that in this great body, there are two sorts of motions, the one natural and the other febrific, as there are in ours.

The Essays of Montaigne — Complete Michel de Montaigne 1562

“Very likely, ” says the doctor: “I have known people eat in a fever; and it is very easily accounted for; because the acidity occasioned by the febrile matter may stimulate the nerves of the diaphragam, and thereby occasion a craving which will not be easily distinguishable from a natural appetite; but the aliment will not be concreted, nor assimilated into chyle, and so will corrode the vascular orifices, and thus will aggravate the febrific symptoms.

III. In Which the Surgeon Makes His Second Appearance. Book VIII 1917