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WW1 Diseases & Treatments

medicalA few of us were having a discussion about the many incidences of venereal disease among the troops in WW1. Whilst doing some follow-up research I came across this very interesting website which describes the symptoms and treatments of diseases we read about regularly, such as trench fever, shell-shock, venereal disease. It makes for very interesting, though rather gruesome, reading. And helps to explain why the soldiers spent so much time in hospital.

www.vlib.us/medical/medindex.html