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Keywords: American Red Cross and Medical Research Committee, "An Atlas of Gas Poisoning" plate I.jpg en Plate I from An Atlas of Gas Poisoning by the American Red Cross and Medical Research Committee American Red Cross 1918 Plate title Microscopic section of human lung from phosgene shell poisoning Death at the nineteenth hour after gassing Text begins The piece of lung shown is almost entirely useless for aeration of the blood Most of the pulmonary alveoli are filled with oedema fluid and the walls of the air-sacs are burst asunder in many places The American Red Cross published this guide for the American Expeditionary Force in World War I sometimes called the chemists ™ war The chromolithograph plates of characteristic injuries were intended to help inexperienced officers identify the type of gas used in attacks 1918 Institution Chemical Heritage Foundation object history exhibition history credit line http //www chemheritage org/ Chemical Heritage Foundation accession number http //othmerlib chemheritage org/ Roy G Neville Historical Chemical Library http //www chemheritage org/ Chemical Heritage Foundation Image downloaded with permission from the Chemical Heritage Foundation as part of the Wikipedian in Residence initiative CHF-cooperation PD-old-100 Medicine World War I Chemical weapons American Red Cross An Atlas of Gas Poisoning
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