Bilious fever
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Bilious fever refers to any fever
that exhibits the symptom of nausea or vomiting in addition to an increase in internal body temperature and strong diarrhea. The term is no longer used, but was commonly used by medical practitioners in the 18th and 19th centuries, often cited as a cause on death certificates.
Fever
Fever is a common medical sign characterized by an elevation of temperature above the normal range of due to an increase in the body temperature regulatory set-point. This increase in set-point triggers increased muscle tone and shivering.As a person's temperature increases, there is, in...
that exhibits the symptom of nausea or vomiting in addition to an increase in internal body temperature and strong diarrhea. The term is no longer used, but was commonly used by medical practitioners in the 18th and 19th centuries, often cited as a cause on death certificates.