Type of warfare that involves using the toxic properties of chemical substances as weapons

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China: protection against nuclear, chemical and germ warfare. Colour lithographs, 1971.

A family (two adults and two children) lying dead in a room in their house as a result of poison gas emitted from an aeroplane flying overhead. Colour lithograph, 192-.

A gigantic human skull, representing death, spewing out poison in the form of warships armed with poison gas. Colour lithograph, 192-.

Medical manual of chemical warfare, 1943 / War Office.

Decontamination of materials / issued by the Home Office (Air Raid Precautions Department).

The use of drugs as weapons : the concerns and responsibilities of healthcare professionals / BMA Board of Science.

Chemical & biological weapons in our times / Herbert M. Levine.

Catalogue of papers and correspondence of Joseph Needham CH FRS (1900-1995) : material relating to chemical and biological warfare / compiled by Timothy E. Powell and Peter Harper; deposited in the Department of Documents, Imperial War Museum, London.

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Chemical Warfare

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Images referencing Chemical Warfare

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Medical manual of chemical warfare, 1943 / War Office.

Decontamination of materials / issued by the Home Office (Air Raid Precautions Department).

The use of drugs as weapons : the concerns and responsibilities of healthcare professionals / BMA Board of Science.

Chemical & biological weapons in our times / Herbert M. Levine.

Catalogue of papers and correspondence of Joseph Needham CH FRS (1900-1995) : material relating to chemical and biological warfare / compiled by Timothy E. Powell and Peter Harper; deposited in the Department of Documents, Imperial War Museum, London.

Chemical Warfare

Images from the collections

Images referencing Chemical Warfare

Works from the collections

Medical manual of chemical warfare, 1943 / War Office.

Decontamination of materials / issued by the Home Office (Air Raid Precautions Department).

The use of drugs as weapons : the concerns and responsibilities of healthcare professionals / BMA Board of Science.

Chemical & biological weapons in our times / Herbert M. Levine.

Catalogue of papers and correspondence of Joseph Needham CH FRS (1900-1995) : material relating to chemical and biological warfare / compiled by Timothy E. Powell and Peter Harper; deposited in the Department of Documents, Imperial War Museum, London.

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