Assertion: untreated typhoid | /r/HasProperty | fatal
Facets:
value: in about a quarter of cases
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Untreated typhoid in and of itself is only fatal in about a quarter of cases, but some of its symptoms can be fatal, like severe dehydration (especially on a ship where clean water may be hard to come by) and encephalitis, or inflammation of the brain, which can cause long-term problems and also prove fatal (especially with the medical treatment available in the 18th-century).