It is ENTERIC FEVER or TYPHOID, which was the main cause of death in the war for both soldiers & civilians. It was due to poor hygiene eg drinking dirty river water. See Thomas Packenham "The Boer War" eg pages 381-383 Yours, John Wilson (Wellington, New Zealand) ----- Original Message ----- From: Leslee <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, 27 April 2003 10:24 Subject: [BOER-WAR] Service Record Questions > Greetings! > I had ordered and received the Imp. Yeomanry records for my great > grandfather. I did have a couple of questions that I hope will be easy to > answer. Some of the handwriting is a little hard to read, so I may not have > the letters correct. There was a sheet entitled "Medical History of an > Invalid". On it states that my Gr-grandfather came down with a fever, maybe > Eutenic fever or Euteric fever. It looks to be 7 letters; like an: E u t_ _ > i c or e. The paper states that "this disease is the result of active > service and not of climate." "the disability is not permanent but will > probably last six months, during which time it will entirely prevent him > earning a livelihood" It was approved in May, 1901 that he be shipped back > to England. It appears that he wasn't actually shipped back for nearly 2 > more months. > I was curious as to how a fever can be caused by active service. If any of > the wonderful people on this list can answer or possibly direct me to > another source. I will be very grateful. > > Thank you, > > Leslee Dasher > [email protected] >