Indian cholera

noun

1. another name for cholera

Example Sentences

In the 1800s, as cholera spread from the Indian subcontinent to Europe, British newspapers began calling it “Indian cholera,” depicting the disease as a figure in a turban and robes.

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So true it is, that that symptom, considered as one of the characteristics of the Indian cholera, was observed in ancient times.

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I have stayed down in the plains through the hot season in stifling cantonments, and I have once or twice been in Indian cholera camps.

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The Rajah of Bundelpore had a very bad attack of Indian cholera one night.

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I have stayed down in the plains through the hot season in stifling cantonments, and have once or twice been in Indian cholera camps.

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