Lice

I feel like a rat, hiding in these trenches. There are more threats than the enemy in our own trenches. Swarms of lice and rats will kill us before the enemy gets the chance to. The trenches are just joint holes filled with mud, water and corpses. The mud and water gets everywhere: my rifle and clothes have to be cleaned almost every hour. Still after two weeks of fighting in France one thing that haunts me one the numerous corpses littered around the trenches. It’s the smell that stays with me;…

Imagine a Catholic man that listens to classical music; a man that willingly plays with children to calm their fears, a man that has been described as having “loved children (…), a gentle man.” (Harran 111; J.N. 1991; Lifton, Robert J. 1985; Lagnado, Lucette 67). Are you imagining one of the most wanted men in the world for slaughtering over a thousand children, himself, and determining the deaths of about 400,000 others, in an attempt to racially cleanse his country? Although one of the most…

Black women who were of lighter-skinned were located inside the homes while the ones with darker skin were casted to the fields. This was because they were more closely associated to the Europeans. When lice and ringworm infestation broke out in the slave population, they started using rags to cover their bald, badly scabbed heads. They got these fabrics from their masters, and part of the reason it was given to them was to have some form of protection…

As if another world war was not devastating enough, the Holocaust also occurred during World War II. The Holocaust began with the discriminatory Nuremberg Laws in 1935, which stripped Jews of their natural rights. In 1938, Kristallnacht occurred, commencing government-approved violence against all Jews for simply being Jewish. Afterwards, Jews were moved into ghettos and transported to camps. The Nazi policy of murdering Jews only intensified in 1942, with the decision to implement the Final…

This virus is spherical in shape and has an envelope (McClain & Schmaljohn, 1996). Through various study it has been determined that the most common reservoir for this disease is in birds and sometimes rodents. Arthropods, like mosquitoes, mites and lice, are the main vectors for EEE, WEE and VEE. These arthropods feed on the bird and rodent populations, which are the carriers, and transmit it to the victim animal, which are mainly horses. Interestingly enough, while not a vector for…

The Allies established in the city their own police and courts. Except of the Bureau of International Police, which was located on the Golden Horn seafront, each European Power had its own police department (British crocker, French and Italian section) in their zone of control. Americans, having neither a district to control, nor its own army in the city, dispatched their police patrols by evenings to gather from the streets drunken American sailors. Ottoman Police had permanent stations…

Today is Vimy Ridge Day in Canada to commemorate those brave individuals who fought during WWI at the Battle of Vimy Ridge. In honour of this day, I thought I'd share my experience at Vimy. Visiting Vimy may have been the most surreal experience I had on my 2014 Europe trip. Although I had visited many WWI and WWII memorial sites, Vimy Ridge was one that really resonated with me. The Canadian National Vimy Memorial is Canada's largest overseas war memorial site; it is located at the highest…

The American Industrial Revolution was a change in human life conditions that took place in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. There was change in technology, society, education, economy, culture, and medicine. Each were very essential in the growth of the economy. Public Health was something that had to be focused on during the Industrial Revolution. Without public health, how would people survive? Doctors needed technology for resources, education to be well-educated and…

People have been shaped in lots of different ways by the time period they live in. Politics, culture, and economics get shifted by what is happening world wide. In the United States during The Great Depression people took a democratic look on government because it offered the quickest relief to people in need. However, World War II may have been the biggest event that changed people’s lives. People across the world became refugees because of the destruction, soldiers endured horrible battles and…

The caregiver may not feed the elder on any type of routine, or schedule. The caregiver may also withhold heat, cooling, water, or electricity creating an unsafe living environment. If the elder is subjected to poor living conditions such as fleas, lice, soiled bedding and clothing and withholding basic hygienic needs from the elder…