Cadwaladr left Crimea due to which illnesses?

• A. Cholera and dysentery
• B. Malaria and fever
• C. Pneumonia and cough
• D. Typhoid and scarlet fever

Answer: (A)

In the Crimea, disease often caused more trouble for armies than battle, and the big pattern to recognize is how outbreaks of cholera and dysentery led to rapid evacuations. Cholera brings sudden, severe dehydration, while dysentery causes painful, debilitating diarrhoea; both spread quickly in crowded camps with poor sanitation and contaminated water. That combination made these illnesses the most common reason for someone like Cadwaladr to leave the Crimea, as medical staff could not manage to keep him on campaign when these epidemics were raging. Other illnesses did occur—malaria in some marshy areas, and respiratory or feverish illnesses like pneumonia or typhoid—but they are less emblematic of the era’s widespread evacuations in Crimea, making cholera and dysentery the best explanation.