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THE Socialist Medical Association has issued a booklet entitled “Gas Attacks: Is there any Protection ?” (London: Lawrence and Wishart, Ltd. Qd.). It is maintained that air-raiders are certain to penetrate our defences, and will not hesitate to employ a combination of high explosives, fire and gas in their attacks, against which the only efficient protections are respirators and gas- and bomb-proof self-contained dug-outs. The booklet issued by the Home Office, “Anti-Gas Precautions and First Aid for Air-Raid Casualties”, is criticized, and is considered to give an incorrect impression of the dangers of war gases and possibilities of protection, and that the defences proposed, even if they could be generally adopted, would be inadequate. Dr. Sommerville Hastings contributes an introduction, the nature of the gases employed and their effects are described, and the available means of protection and the treatment of gas casualties are discussed.
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Protection against Gas Attacks. Nature 138, 360 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138360a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/138360a0