Beating the “Bloody Flux” – Meet the 18th Century Army Doctor Who Waged War on Dysentery

“Sanitation standards in the 18th Century were almost non-existent. Soldiers were in the habit of relieving themselves wherever they wished, including outside their own tents, turning encampments into mucky breeding grounds for dysentery.” By George Yagi Jr….

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