Program of Training in Gas Defense for Divisional Anti-Gas Schools

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Excerpt from Program of Training in Gas Defense for Divisional Anti-Gas Schools: October, 1917The asphyxiating and suffocating gases are far more severe in their action. Their potency can be realized when it is known that a dilution of 1 is fatal with chlorine and bromine, and a 1 is fatal with phosgene. A dilution of 1 or more has a marked effect. These gases act to a less degree on the membranes of the eye than the lachrymatory gases, but their action is particularly virulent on the membranes of the respiratory tract, which they cause to swell rapidly and finally destroy. The result is oedema of the lungs, accompanied by persistent coughing and Spitting of blood, then great difficulty in breathing, the soldier becoming cyanosed and struggling for breath. Death may be almost instantaneous, or it may be post poned for several days, the sufferer in the meantime not being able to eat anything and undergoing great agony. Many of the cases in which recovery does take place develop later a chronic disease of the lungs.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.