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Dysentery is caused by poor sanitation. Being unfamiliar with the cause and modern ways of treatment, this disease was usually confronted by having the patient rest and drink water, due to dehydration as one of the symptoms. Since the probable cause of the illness was in the water supply in the first place, this rarely did much good.

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