1914 advertisement The<unk>  was a flat strip of (usually red) flannel or knitted wool, about six feet long and six inches wide, that was wrapped around the bare abdomen. The item was standard army issue, and was purported to prevent the wearer from contracting<unk> , dysentery, and other ailments believed to be caused by chilling of the abdomen. The belts use continued decades after the causative link between pathogen-contaminated drinking water and<unk>  was established.
Cholera belt
Malaria and the Caribbean
African meningitis belt
Pest house
Bowl of Hygieia
Yellow fever in Buenos Aires
Airport malaria
Hittite plague