Word: typhoidal
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...Naples 19 people die in a cholera epidemic caused by eating contaminated mussels. In Istanbul fishermen complain that their catch diminishes with every voyage. In Spain an outbreak of typhoid fever in a coastal town sends 20 people to the hospital. And along France's famous Côte d'Azur black pollution flags and even police lines keep bathers off beaches...
...body fluids containing electrolytes (particularly potassium) that help control heart rhythm can lead to circulatory collapse. Lack of food weakens the body's natural defense system against infection; crowded together with inadequate sanitation and nonexistent medical care, the starving-as the refugee experience proves-become prey to typhoid, cholera, tuberculosis and malaria. The absence of essential vitamins or minerals can also bring on the so-called deficiency diseases: rickets, beriberi and pellagra. Sometimes, the hungry simply lose the will to live...
...fellow prisoner. The prisoner, Franciszek Gajowniczek, was there, along with other survivors of the camp (including some 200 priests), eager to roll up their sleeves and show the tattooed serial numbers on their arms. Said one of the first inmates, an old man who had been injected with typhoid in a Nazi medical experiment: "Our religion helped us survive the greatest hell on earth." Said another: "One miracle is that I did not die in this camp. The second is that we have a Polish Pope...
...inflexible old woman. With out altering the known facts, Crosbie manages to give depth to what must have been a rather dull, two-dimensional woman and even succeeds in making her likable. Prince Albert (Robert Hardy) is the one person Victoria seems to love. When he dies of typhoid, young Edward is accused of having worried him to death with his youthful womanizing and exuberant ways...
Fearful of the possible spread of such diseases as hepatitis, typhoid and dysentery, California officials have been pressuring the Mexicans through the U.S. State Department to begin treating the raw sewage. But so far little effective action has been taken, and the frustrated Californians have posted warning signs at the rivers: WATER POLLUTED and AGUA CONTAMINADA. That is hardly news to local residents. Says Cottrell: "Our people here stay away." But he is worried about the illegal aliens who regularly cross the rivers as well as the increasing number of visitors from San Diego, Los Angeles and other areas...