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TYSENTERY is a term embracing several varieties of intestinal flux. Anatomically there is inflammation, and frequently ulceration of the large bowel. Owing to improved sanitary conditions the diseases described under dysentery have become infrequent in this country, though outbreaks occasionally occur, particularly in overcrowded institutions. In the past, however, widespread epidemics have prevailed, notably one which raged between 1847 an 856; and in the tropics dysentery still deserves its reputation as being one of the most destructive of diseases.
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See Brit. Med. Journ., November 13, 1915, p. 704.
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HEWLETT, R. Dysentery and War . Nature 96, 400–401 (1915). https://doi.org/10.1038/096400a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/096400a0