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  • Body Lice • Normal in the trenches • About 97\% of soldiers had body lice • Quickly spread because of the tight conditions • Lice problem was never taken control of because it the military did not know they were spreading Trench Fever

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • Body Lice • Normal in the trenches • About 97\% of soldiers had body lice • Quickly spread because of the tight conditions • Lice problem was never taken control of because it the military did not know they were spreading Trench Fever

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • A day later, I joked about turning back while driving to Brooklyn to have my children "combed" by an Orthodox Jew lovingly referred to as The Lice Lady.

    Susan Weissman: Digging For Worms: Can Parents Work Out The Hygiene Hypothesis? 2009

  • We got our suppers and was lighted into a Room and I not being so good a woodsman as ye rest of my company, striped myself very orderly and went into ye Bed, as they calld it, when to my surprize, I found it to be nothing but a little straw matted together without sheets or any thing else, but only one thread bare blanket with double its weight of vermin, such as Lice,

    George Washington Thayer, William R 1922

  • “Lighted into a Room & I not being so good a Woodsman as ye rest of my Company striped myself very orderly & went in to ye Bed as they called it when to my Surprize I found it to be nothing but a Little Straw ” Matted together without Sheets or any thing else but only one thread Bear blanket with double its Weight of Vermin such as Lice,

    The True George Washington Ford, Paul L 1896

  • Pee'Lice'Ie … and Dingy Harry have overplayed their hand.

    Think Progress 2009

  • Pee'Lice'Ie … and Dingy Harry have overplayed their hand.

    Think Progress 2009

  • Lice have been close buddies of humans for three million years.

    Head Lice and Shame « Colleen Anderson 2009

  • Lice and stench are the two most common symptoms people report after coming in contact with these brainless, white trash, morons.

    Think Progress » Palin Tells Constitution-Loving Tea Partiers: We Don’t Need A President Who Is A ‘Constitutional Law Professor’ 2010

  • Martin Ramin for The Wall Street Journal Babo Botanicals' Rosemary Tea Tree Lice Repel Shampoo $15.95 is one of several products promising to fend off lice with rosemary and other organic ingredients.

    Parents' Latest Pick: Herbal Shampoos to Keep Away Lice Timothy W. Martin 2011

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