Global Warming was Rain Fall
IntarsiaCo@aol.com (Mon, 09 Jan 2006 06:55:39 PST)

In a message dated 1/9/2006 9:18:57 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
DaveKarn@aol.com writes:

army Napoleon used to invade Russia, barely 1% survived to return to France
having been decimated by an unusually cold period of weather -- much of it
either
starved or froze to death, or both<

"Using dental pulp extracted from the teeth of soldiers who died during
Napoleon’s disastrous retreat through Russia in 1812, a new study finds DNA
evidence that epidemic typhus and trench fever ran rampant among the French Grand
Army. The study, published in the Jan. 1 issue of The Journal of Infectious
Diseases, now available online, identifies the specific species of louse-borne
pathogens that were a major cause of death among the remains of the
retreating army."

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Mark Mazer
Intarsia Ltd.
Gaylordsville, Connecticut 06755-0142
USA