dysentery

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Dysentery and malaria were endemic and rendered many men unfit for combat.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2024

Dysentery is caused by parasites in the gut but is also easily confused with other viral and bacterial infections.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2016

Dysentery, which is now recognized as a trigger of IBS, was then thought to result from an overabundance of blood.

From Nature • May 17, 2016

Dysentery is a life-threatening disease that is becoming increasingly hard to treat due to its growing ability to evade antibiotic treatment.

From Reuters • Nov. 7, 2014

Dysentery had already broken out, and the length and tortuousness of their communications were greatly emphasised by the condition of the roads.

From The French Revolution by Belloc, Hilaire