Brain fever
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brain-fever-167-11352429
title:
Brain fever
text:
Brain fever is an outdated medical term that was used as a synonym for phrensy, beginning in early 19th century medical literature. Supposedly the brain becomes inflamed and causes a variety of symptoms, most notably mental confusion, and can lead to death. The terminology is romanticized in Victorian literature, where it typically describes a potentially life-threatening illness brought about by a severe emotional upset, and much less often fatal than in medicine.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Former name of medical conditions producing fever
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_fever
date created:
2006-09-04T18:43:34Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T23:36:19Z
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