Malaria
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Malaria was a disease that could be caught in Africa and India during the 19th century.
While on an expedition to the Congo with her husband Professor Cedric Scrivener in 1845, Jane Scrivener died of malaria. (AUDIO: The Ghosts of Gralstead [+]Loading...["The Ghosts of Gralstead (audio story)"])
In 1886, Clemency Eddison returned from India, claiming to have the disease, and shut herself in her room for six months. In reality, she was pregnant with the Vespiform Arnold Golightly. (TV: The Unicorn and the Wasp [+]Loading...["The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)"])
