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[โ€“] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, "in extreme cases, over a litre per hour" of diarrhoea.

One other thing to take from this is when you read "so-and-so died of dysentry" it means "so-and-so shat themselves to death".

E.g.

"1596: Sir Francis Drake, vice admiral, shat himself to death on 28 January 1596 whilst anchored off the coast of Portobelo."

[โ€“] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

"I have never had less food inside my body"