DCHP-1 Online
lake fever Obs. 
a fever resembling typhoid and contracted from drinking the polluted water of lakes and rivers.
- 1808 The month is fast approaching, which in this part of the country, is understood to be the Ague and Lake Fever season.
- 1829 The Lake Fever prevails at Kingston, York, and other towns and villages on the borders of the great lakes.
- 1863 Lake fever and ague broke out among the low-lying log-houses, and Zack's highly adulterated and heavily priced drugs came into great demand.
- 1808 The month is fast approaching, which in this part of the country, is understood to be the Ague and Lake Fever season.