It rained for three days and she saw children who had
trench foot claire macaulay
He said: "There were problems with
trench foot. A lot of doctors didn't know how to deal with it, as they hadn't had it since the First World War.
At the other end of the spectrum, wet weather can lead to cases of
trench foot - when feet are wet for a long time, causing tingling, swelling and pain.
Further, the landing force was inexplicably unprepared to cope with hypothermia,
trench foot, and frostbite.
During the winter of 1914-15 over 20,000 men in the British Army were treated for
trench foot.
Former Navy medic Dr Andy Ashworth fears Australian doctors may not be aware of the dangers of
trench foot ...
After a spell on THEWESTERN Front, he was invalided home with
trench foot but later returned to the fighting and was reported missing on April 11, 1918.
"I think it was because of
trench foot during the First World War," Ken recalled back in 2004.
As for me - I've not returned to Glastonbury after picking up what I'm still convinced was actual
trench foot in 1998.
Carry someone to the first-aid tent who has either overdone it or has sunstroke or
trench foot.
As Phyllis Bembridge says, it takes away the focus from four years of horrific war, from the murderous machine guns, the barbed wire, the howitzers, the bombs, the constant bombardments, the mud, the fleas,
trench foot disease, the awful gas attacks, the "over the top" advances, the wounded and dying and the firing squads for "cowardice".
Dr Rob Atenstaedt, from the North Wales Public Health Team, has spoken about the horrors of trench diseases such as
trench foot and fever.
