Trench foot is a painful condition that occurs when ... or lack of blood supply — amputation may be required to avoid the disease from progressing any further, preventing sepsis and even death.

Illnesses such as Trench Foot resulted in many soldiers losing toes and in extreme cases having a foot amputated Soldiers in the trenches were confronted by a range of hardships and a variety of ...

But there was another ubiquitous condition, trench foot, that could lead to gangrene ... Saul David:The risk of losing men to disease, possibly even the entire war, prompted the army to take ...

When AFFR arrived, first responders found the 20-year-old worker buried up to his chin following the collapse of a 10-foot trench, Fox affiliate KSTU-TV reported. Officials with the fire ...