Cholera Morbus

      Another kind of Cholera I found in the original interment records is Cholera Morbus. It is an old term that was used in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was used to describe non epidemic Cholera and other gastrointestinal diseases that were like Cholera. Gastroenteritis is now used to describe the other diseases.

    Cholera is a an infection that occurs in the small intestine that is caused by the bacterium Vibro cholerae. It can be transferred by drinking water or eating food that was contaminated by the feces of an infected person. Symptoms can start to show as early as half a day or late as five days after the ingestion of the bacteria. Symptoms include diarrhea and vomiting of clear fluid.

   Its called the "blue death" because a patient's skin can turn a bluish gray hue from extreme loss of fluids.