Word: histolytica
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Dysentery, long known as the "Bloody Flux," is Menace No. 2. There are two varieties: one, caused by bacilli, used to kill ten to 40%, can now be successfully treated with sulfaguanidine; the other, caused by Endameba histolytica, a one-celled parasite, often produces lifelong intestinal ailments. Dysentery temporarily incapacitated almost 2,000,000 men in the Civil War. Since dysentery organisms dwell in contaminated food and water, the disease can be prevented, as it was in World War I, by rigid cleanliness in cooking, strict inspection of food handlers, water and supplies...
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