The soldiers' manual of foot care and foot wear by Webb-Johnson Cecil

Author:Webb-Johnson, Cecil
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Foot, Footwear, Military hygiene
Publisher: London, Dryden Publishing company, ltd.
Published: 1916-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

the boots shrank so much from the constant wetting that, once they were taken off, it was impossible to get them on again.

In the Balkan War, the result of the men being in wet trenches for twelve to twenty-four hours on end was seen in various forms. Many suffered from cholera and dysentery, but it is also stated that gangrene of the foot was not an uncommon occurrence, beginning in a painless way with mere discoloured blistering over one or two toes to death en masse of the leg as high as the knee (Max Page). Depage considers that many of these cases were caused by the pressure of damp boots and putties shrinking as they dried. It is probable that a vasomotor disturbance very similar to this occurred in the Crimean War, and was classified in the statistics as frost-bite.

It is true that, Cucullus non facit mon-achum, but the boot may make the soldier, and no trouble can be considered too great which not only provides him with a sound and perfectly fitting boot, but also with the

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