amebic dysentery

In the 18th century, German immigrants coming to Pennsylvania boarded ships plagued with typhus, dysentery, smallpox, and scurvy.
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I got drunk, sunstroke, and dysentery,” laughs Robert, “but I also got the girl.
The Second Life of San Miguel de Allende|Michele Willens|February 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She ended up in prison on the island of Saipan where she either was executed or died of dysentery.
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At last, 17 days after he left his summer palace, His Holiness, seriously ill with dysentery, crossed the Indian border.
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But he had gone away, on account of the deaths which had occurred there from some form of dysentery.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
Stools composed almost wholly of mucus and streaked with blood are the rule in dysentery, ileocolitis, and intussusception.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Its internal uses are in hysteria, and 136 in such conditions as diarrhoea, dysentery and cholera.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2|Various
Before that they were all crammed into the six cells, and locked in for the night, some of them with dysentery.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson
The most common complaint is a dysentery, towards the latter end of the autumn.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808|Lt-Col. Pinkney

Medical definitions for amebic dysentery

amebic dysentery

Severe intestinal infection of humans caused by the ameba Entamoeba histolytica and resulting in diarrhea, cramping, fever, and ulceration of the colon.