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EPIDEMIC CEREBROSPINAL MENINGITIS

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Definitions of EPIDEMIC CEREBROSPINAL MENINGITIS

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Syn.: spotted fever. An epidemic disease due to the action of the Diplococcus intracellularis meningitidis. Cutaneous eruption occurs in it, hence the name spotted fever, formerly given to it.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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