piblokto

• By the day's end, if the snow does not melt, or worse, if there are further falls, there is a real risk of an epidemic of piblokto. —  Hooting Yard
• Dog fights were hourly occurrences, and we lost a great many by the ravages of the mysterious Arctic disease, piblokto, which affects all dog life and frequently human life. —  A Negro Explorer at the North Pole
• Dogs suffering from piblokto are usually shot, but they are often eaten by the Eskimos The first winter moon came early in November, and on the 7th MacMillan started for Cape Columbia for a month of tidal observations, taking with him Jack Barnes, a sailor, Egingwah, and Inighito and their wives. —  The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club
• The well-known madness among the Eskimo dogs is also called _piblokto_. —  The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club
• Poor brute, it was no use, and in a short while he commenced to develop symptoms of the dread piblokto, so in mercy he was killed. —  A Negro Explorer at the North Pole

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