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Originally Posted by Legbreaker
Yes, getting sick can be quite nasty if you look at this way, but these diseases have killed many people over the centuries, they are nasty.
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In fact, it was more common historically for soldiers to die of disease while on campaign rather than enemy action; Henry V is thought to have died of dysentery himself while in France.
The first case where this was reversed was in the Prussian-Danish War of 1864