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LIEUT.-COLONEL H. S. GEAR, of the South African Medical Corps, has described the hygiene aspects of the El Alamein victory won by the Eighth Army in North Africa (Brit. Med. J., March 18, 1944). "The Germans," says Colonel Gear, "must regretfully realize that their neglect" of sanitation "contributed seriously" to their defeat. Some 40–50 per cent of the German and Italian front-line troops were suffering from dysentery and diarrhœa, while the Eighth Army, thanks to the efficient methods outlined by Colonel Gear, was "probably as fit mentally and physically as any army has ever been".
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LAPAGE, G. The Hygiene of the Eighth Army in North Africa. Nature 153, 688–689 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153688a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/153688a0