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Word: spirillum (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Caused by comma-shaped bacteria known as Vibrio or Spirillum cholerae, which dwell in sewage-contaminated water, cholera drains body tissues of their fluids, causes intense vomiting, diarrhea and violent muscular spasms. More than a third of its victims shrivel up, turn dark grey or violet, die, sometimes within a few hours...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Asiatic Cholera | 5/18/1942 | See Source »

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