Tag: Dysentery
Beating the “Bloody Flux” – Meet the 18th Century Army Doctor Who Waged War on Dysentery
Published Date: 2 March, 2016
“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….