Terror Weapons: The British Experience of Gas and Its Treatment in the First World War

Jones, Edgar

doi:10.1177/0968344513510248

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“…Early attempts to protect soldiers from these agents included full‐face hoods with a small window for the eyes (see Fig. , WWI Small Box Respirator) The psychological impact and anxiety associated with a gas attack, as well as the fact that the early protective devices hampered movement and vision, caused some soldiers to remove their protective masks during attacks (Jones ). As the war progressed, masks with improved field of view and comfort were developed including the M2 and Tampon T mask.…”

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Eye Injuries across history and the evolution of eye protection

Hoskin

Mackey

Keay

et al. 2019

Acta Ophthalmologica

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Purpose: To describe the history of eye injuries and the consequent evolution of eye protection. Methods: A comprehensive search of Medline and the grey literature using the terms 'ocular trauma ' and 'eye protection' or 'injury prevention' and 'history'. References were used to identify other relevant publications. Publications were classified according to the setting of eye injury: occupational, recreational or combat-related. Results: Eye protection has been described in a wide range of sources, including in literature and art. With advances in eye protection material and design, as well as government and societal promotion of appropriate eye protection usage in the workplace, the epidemiology of ocular trauma has changed over time. In developed countries, the use of eye protection in the workplace has reduced the proportion of occupation-related eye injuries over the last century, with a higher proportion occurring during sports or at home. New protection devices and policies have evolved to meet this change. Conclusion: Vision loss has broad implications for the individual and for society and despite available prevention strategies, ocular trauma is a significant cause of preventable monocular and bilateral vision loss. The use of appropriate eye protection has reduced the burden of ocular trauma. History provides lessons for informing current eye protection and eye injury prevention strategies.

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Eye Injuries across history and the evolution of eye protection

Hoskin

Mackey

Keay

et al. 2019

Acta Ophthalmologica

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“…Bojni otrovi uglavnom su organski sintetski spojevi (slika 1), a na popis zabranjenih tvari u CWC konvenciji uvršteni su i neki prirodni toksini. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Iako je istraživana mogućnost uporabe bojnih otrova u medicinske, poljoprivredne i druge industrijske svrhe najopasniji, bojni otrovi poput živčanih i kožnih nemaju druge primjene osim znanstvene.…”

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Tehnologije koje se primjenjuju za terensku detekciju bojnih otrova: I. dio – Kolorimetrija i spektrometrija ionske pokretljivosti

Cetina¹,

Tušek²,

Ključarić³

2022

Kemija U Industriji

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Detection of chemical warfare agents and toxic industrial chemicals is very important for security forces. For a long time it has been based on colorimetric chemistry, and only the development of electronics has made the automation and miniaturisation of chemical detection possible. At the end of the 20 th century, automatic chemical detectors, mostly based on ion mobility spectrometry technology (IMS), began to appear on the market. Nowadays, colorimetric detectors are increasingly being used again due to their excellent selectivity and low cost, and new chromogenic reagents are being developed. On the other hand, the development of IMS detectors is focused on the use of an asymmetric field since it allows smaller dimensions and greater sensitivity of the detector. In this paper, besides commercially available chemical detectors based on colorimetry and ion mobility spectroscopy techniques, an overview of scientific research focused on further development of these technologies with the goal of increasing selectivity and sensitivity is given.

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“…Given the psychological effects of chemical weapons observed in World War 1, the UK Government feared the impact of bombs filled with toxins on the civilian population. 45 Accordingly, adults were required to carry a gas mask when at work or outside their home. The use of gas masks was monitored, as a measure of both preparedness and anxiety.…”

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The psychology of protecting the UK public against external threat: COVID-19 and the Blitz compared

Jones

2020

The Lancet Psychiatry

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The COVID-19 pandemic and the World War 2 aerial bombing campaign against the UK between 1939 and 1945 both exposed the civilian population to a sustained threat. Risk, whether from exposure to viral load or the density of the bombing, led to a range of protective measures and behavioural regulations being implemented. The V1 and V2 missiles used in summer and autumn, 1944, functioned as a second wave of bombing, arriving after people believed the danger had passed. Adherence to lockdown and a reluctance to return to work after the lifting of lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK were mirrored in the preference for using home-based bomb shelters during the air raids. Heightened sensitivity to risk, or a so-called deep shelter mentality, did not materialise even during the second wave of bomb attacks and some deep bomb shelters were closed because of low occupancy. The most popular protective measures were those that reflected people's preferences, and not necessarily those that provided the greatest safety. As with the COVID-19 pandemic, the public drove government policy as much as they followed it.

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Terror Weapons: The British Experience of Gas and Its Treatment in the First World War

Cited by 16 publications

References 23 publications

Eye Injuries across history and the evolution of eye protection

Eye Injuries across history and the evolution of eye protection

Tehnologije koje se primjenjuju za terensku detekciju bojnih otrova: I. dio – Kolorimetrija i spektrometrija ionske pokretljivosti

The psychology of protecting the UK public against external threat: COVID-19 and the Blitz compared

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