Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama
Have you ever heard of parrot fever? It sounds like a craze in which everyone wants a parrot, but it is the common name for an illness that was considered pretty serious in 1930. Some parrot owners fell ill with symptoms that resembled typhoid, but was not.
This was a serious problem. Parrot fever is a very real disease—and an unpleasant one at that. Caused by the bacteria Chlamydia psittaci, parrot fever (or psittacosis) can be contracted after coming into…
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