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pneumony fever noun Pneumonia, for which various teas, poultices, and salves have been used as treatments in traditional mountain medicine. [DARE labels this term “South Midland”]

1862 Patton CW Letters (March 1) he was very sick had the pneumonia fever. 1921 Weeks Speech of KY Mtneer 11 Fevers are common, but we are never satisfied with one—at least we always have a fever in the plural. Not yet content with our possessions, we aggravate conditions by taking on another malady. “Jim has pneumonie fevers” is no oncommon piece of news among us. 1939 Hall Coll (Little Greenbrier TN) For pneumony fever, put lamp oil on a woolen cloth. Put camphorated oil on the chest to keep the lamp oil from burning. We used boneset and catnip tea. 1973 AOHP/ASU-124 She used mustard [poultice] and such as that for fever and pneumony fever.