World War One-The trenches?

Question

Can anyone give me some information or good websites on health problems in the trenches including:
Lice, Flies,Rats,Trench foot and trench mouth please????

Answer 1

Hi Joanna I've found this site,take a look, I think you'll find this interesting : ) click on the links..
http://encycl.opentopia.com/term/Trench_warfare

Heres some more..
http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/trenchlife.htm

http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/trenchlife.htm

http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/trenchlife.htm

http://www.firstworldwar.com/atoz/rats.htm RATS

http://hubpages.com/hub/World_War_1_Trench_Warfare & LICE

http://www.healthline.com/search?q1=infections+viruses&imuId=2796249&utm_medium=google_contextual&utm_source=infections_and_viruses&utm_campaign=serp&utm_term=trench%20mouth
Hope this helps : )

Answer 2

I found a few good websites for you. Go to the links below, as follows: -

[1] Trench Foot

[2] Trench Fever

[3] Lice - see Trench Fever, but also links 3 and 4 below.

[4] Rats are also at link 3 below.

There are also many websites detailing the medical and dental services employed to try to keep the soldiers healthy.

Answer 3

I don't know of any websites - however WWI poetry by Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon could help with your research. As there would also have been injuries from shrapnel and bombs - resulting in loss of limbs too.
Also - visit the Imperial War Museum in London, they have a replica trench built, which you have to walk through. - Should give you a feel for things.

Answer 4

Go to your local library and check the history section you'll find a wealth of information there , read some of the first hand accounts and i think you will find most of what you need.

Answer 5

Visit the troops at the front in Afghanistan. They're undergoing the same conditions as our great grandfathers.

Answer 6

wikipedia.org
eyewitnesstohistory.co.uk
spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk
bbc.co.uk

also see library books and textbooks, they ate out of dixies , they kept bacon without cooling it (could cause food poisoning) there is all sorts go on a search engine and search it . e.g. yahoo . google , ask .com etc