Body-lice under Summer Conditions in Mesopotamia

Abstract

During the summer months in Mesopotamia body-lice become extremely scarce on man, so much so that it may be difficult to find them even on men who are renowned for lousiness at other seasons of the year. When the nights become cold, as they often do rather suddenly towards the end of November, lice rapidly become numerous, this coinciding with the reissue of winter under-linen which has been stored through the summer in Ordnance dumps.