Cholera victim. 19th-century illustration of a girl dying from cholera. She is in the 'blue stage of the spasmodic cholera'. Cholera, a bacterial infe

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Cholera victim. 19th-century illustration of a girl dying from cholera. She is in the 'blue stage of the spasmodic cholera'. Cholera, a bacterial infection of the intestines, was often fatal before modern treatments were developed. It spread in infected water supplies and killed millions in the 19th century. The bacterium causing the disease (Vibrio cholerae) was not identified until 1883. This illustration was drawn in Switzerland in November 1831 and published in 'The Lancet'.

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