And they really badly wanted to get to France to get in the fighting." ... The trenches were filled with rats that not only would steal soldiers food, but also carried lice that caused "trench fever"with their bites(Hatt 21). ... They could be delusional. ... (Hansen 52) If not treated quickly, shell-shock can develop into a chronic disease. ... Virginia Woolf also incorporated a character named Septimus, who suffered from shell-shock, in her novel "Mrs. ...

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