dysentery

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Cholera, dysentery and typhoid fever are no longer health burdens in the U.S. thanks to a robust water treatment system.

From Salon • Jan. 27, 2025

You and/or your ancestors didn’t die of dysentery.

From Slate • Nov. 21, 2024

Jones plays Isaac Higgintoot, a member of the American Continental Congress who — appropriately, given his last name — died of dysentery while serving as a captain in the Revolutionary War.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2024

Amin Ahmed Ali fed her tiny son serum through a syringe - she has six-month-old twins slowly recovering from weeks of dysentery.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2024

Stoically, Le Gentil packed up his instruments and set off for the nearest port, but en route he contracted dysentery and was laid up for nearly a year.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson