Teribus is an amazing historian and he does a great service to Mudcat by persisting, against vile attacks, to post Truth, not propaganda,

I must, however, take issue with one of his points.

Thanks to my one course in epidemiology, I can say with certainty that typhus, cholera and typhoid fever are all quite distinct diseases.


cholera - Vibrio cholerae

typhus - part of a group of similar diseases caused by Rickettsia

typhoid fever - sometimes called typhoid — Salmonella enterica


All are bacterial and all are considederd filth diseases, often from poor sewage treatement, unclean living conditions or poor personal hygiene.