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Western Front Flashcards

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Types of Gas

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Phosgene
Chlorine
Mustard

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What is trench foot

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Caused by standing in waterlogged trenches

Feet would swell up and go numb whilst the skin would turn red or blue

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Solutions for Trench foot

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Carry three pairs of socks and change twice a day

Rub oil on their feet

Added duckboards and attempted to pump water out of trenches

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Trench fever

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Flu like symptoms causing high temp and a headache

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Solutions for trench fever

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Delousing stations

Men were bathed and sprayed

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Shell shock

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PTSD

Nightmares, headaches and loss of speech

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