Cholera belt
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cholera-belt-292-4569690
title:
Cholera belt
text:
The cholera belt was a flat strip of flannel or knitted wool, about six feet long and six inches wide, that was wrapped around the bare abdomen. The item was standard army issue, and was purported to prevent the wearer from contracting cholera, dysentery, and other ailments believed to be caused by chilling of the abdomen. The belts use continued decades after the causative link between pathogen-contaminated drinking water and cholera was established.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
19th century military anti-cholera medical device
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_belt
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date modified:
2022-05-24T14:21:47Z
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