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Epidemic Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis

A febrile, and often malignant, but non-contagious disease of unknown origin; usually occurring as a local epidemic; characterized by its rapid and irregular course, and usually by a tetanic rigidity or retraction of the neck, a tendency to disorganization of the blood, and the formation of inflammatory exudates beneath the membranes of the brain and spinal cord Synonyms - spotted fever; petechial fever; malignant purpuric fever; black death; febris nigra; epidemic meningitis

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