Manual of the medical aspects of chemical warfare, 1926 / the War Office.

  • Great Britain. War Office
Date:
1926
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Credit: Manual of the medical aspects of chemical warfare, 1926 / the War Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS FOREWORD Chapter I.—Conditions under which Chemical Weapons may be encountered Classification of chemical substances from the point of view of their physiological effects Chapter II.—Vesicants Mustard gas—Mode of action—Morbid anatomy— Detailed effect on individual organs and tissues— Treatment—General treatment—Functional after- effects Lewisite—Treatment Chapter IIi.—Lung Irritants Phosgene gas—Morbid anatomy, symptoms and signs— Physical signs—Symptoms during convalescence ... Chlorine—Chloropicrin—Chlovomethyl Chloroformate Treatment of poisoning caused by the lung irritant gases —Methods of aiding the G Seer of exudate from the lungs Chapter IV.—Sensory Irritants The arsenical warfare gases—Morbid anatomy—Signs and symptoms—Treatment Chapter V.—Lachrymators Symptoms—Treatment Chapter VI.—Direct Poisons of Nervous System Hydrocvanic acid gas—Mode of action—Symptoms— Treatment—Danger arising from a simple reduction of the oxygen percentage in the air Chapter VII.—Poisonous Gases not used for offensive purposes but liable to be encountered by troops Carbon monoxide—Mode of action—Morbid anatomy— Symptoms — Treatment — Nitrous fumes — Arsenturetted hydrvogen—Poisoning by aromatic nitro compounds used in the manufacture of high explosives — 7.N.T — Preventive measures — Remedial measures—Phosphorus burns PAGE 5 4] 45 47 48