What were common diseases on the Oregon Trail?

What were common diseases on the Oregon Trail?What were the common diseases and, also, what did they use/do to treat them?

Answer by HP Resource
Cholera, Dysentery

Answer by Maj. T.J. "Snark King" Kong
Everybody knows that dysentery is the #1 killer on the Oregon Trail. There are literally hundreds of millions of tombstones alone the way that bear witness to this.

Answer by Jim Brown
gonorrhea" treated with a hot cattle iron i believe

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