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dysenteryInfection of the large intestine causing abdominal cramps and painful diarrhoea with blood. There are two kinds of dysentery: amoebic (caused by a protozoan), common in the tropics, which may lead to liver damage; and bacterial, the kind most often seen in the temperate zones. Both forms are successfully treated with antibacterials and fluids to prevent dehydration. |
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| The pitch was bubbling in the seams; the nasty stench of the place turned me sick; if ever a man smelt fever and dysentery, it was in that abominable anchorage. For that most dreaded of Solomon Island scourges, dysentery, had struck Berande plantation, and he was all alone to cope with it. Meringe owes Somo four heads, three from the dysentery, an' another wan from a tree fallin' on him the last fortnight. |
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