CHOLERA

Jack's Reference Book for Home and Office : An Encyclopaedia of General Information: Medical Dictionary · 1909 · p. 1

is an infectious disease caused by a germ, that is spread in water, and characterised by diarrhm@a, rapid lo of strength and by a fatal ¢ in most of the cases. Cholera nostras or British cholera is the name of tho epidemic diarrhoa that breaks out often in the summer months. The symptoms are similar but le severe. [s. 343]