LICE WERE A NEVER-ENDING PROBLEM, BREEDING IN THE SEAMS OF FILTHY CLOTHING AND CAUSING MEN TO ITCH UNCEASINGLY.EVEN WHEN CLOTHING WAS PERIODICALLY WASHED AND DELOUSED, LICE EGGS INVARIABLY REMAINED HIDDEN IN THE SEAMS; WITHIN A FEW HOURS OF THE CLOTHES BEING RE-WORN THE BODY HEAT GENERATED WOULD CAUSE THE EGGS TO HATCH.