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 also killed Henry V, hero of Agincourt, while campaigning in France in 1422.

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 is a disease in which the seat of inflammation is the colon.

From Dietetics for Nurses by Proudfit, Fairfax T.