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Lungs Showing Effects of Mustard Gas Inhalation
The Army Medical Museum collected anatomical specimens at autopsy during and after the war in order to document the nature of the pathology of war wounds, especially the pathology of chemical casualties.
These lungs exhibit structure of the trachea following mustard gas inhalation. The most severe mustard cases exhibited irritation of the respiratory tract, sometimes serious enough to cause death. Bronchitis and pneumonia were common secondary effects to mustard exposure.
Mustard gas eventually caused more chemical casualties than all the other agents combined, including chlorine, phosgene, and cyanogen chloride. |