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What did soldiers rub into their feet to protect them from Trenches?
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Whale oil
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What www1 trenches was unhygienic?
All of them. Here is an example of what Trench-life was like... Living conditions in trenches were very basic and extremely unhygienic. The troops slept in little holes cut out of the side of the trench known as "dug outs". Planks and sandbags were used to support the roof of the dug out in an effort to make them safer, as there was a huge risk that the roof could fall in on the soldier. This risk was greatly increased if shells had weakened the trench. Planks were also placed on the ground in the dug out to provide a hard wood base for the soldier to use as a bed. Blankets were hung over the front of the dug out to give the soldier a bit of privacy, but they did not however, give any protection against shell splinters. Living conditions for the soldiers were also very wet. The soldiers often had to stand with water up to their ankles, sometimes even their knees, and this caused them to suffer from a condition called "trench foot". This was a condition in the feet where they started off by wrinkling up like when you've been in the bath too long, but as time goes on, blisters developed and the pain for the soldiers was immense. Although the troops were advised to rub whale oil on their feet regularly it didn't do a lot of good. They were also supposed to change into dry socks regularly, but rain and mud just made them wet again. The trenches were a perfect place for germs to thrive. Any diseases caught by soldiers were spread easily from one to another. Likewise, there were no antibiotics for the wounded, and their wounds often went septic. This in turn led to gangrene. Unhygienic living conditions in trenches were to blame for many deaths. Probably the main cause of death due to living conditions in trenches was the rapid spread of disease, but wounds infected with gangrene could also be fatal.
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