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nature 159, 151-153 (01 February 1947) | doi:10.1038/159151a0
Medical Aspects of Mustard Gas Poisoning
H. CULLUMBINE
Top of pageMUSTARD gas, or 2, 2' dichlorodiethyl sulphide, was first prepared by Guthrie in 1859, and he commented on itsvesicant properties. It is, in fact, a very versatile agent, defiling all tissues with which it comes into contact, and it is potent in the vapour as well as in the liquid phase.
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