How to survive chemical warfare: archive, 21 September 1934

The Red Cross publishes a manual on first aid in chemical warfare

Anyone to whom the words "chemical warfare" convey no vivid or specific meaning might do well to look at a little book just published by the British Red Cross Society on "First Aid in Chemical Warfare." It can be had from Messrs. Cassell and Company for sixpence. It is written without heroics or sentiment of any kind; in curt and lucid language it tells one what to do if attacked by chlorine, lewisite, tear gas, mustard gas, phosgene, and various other weapons in the chemical armoury, as calmly as if it was a case of treating a burn or making a splint for a broken leg. The implication is, one may deduce, that if and when the next important war breaks out first-aid for injuries by gas will be as commonplace a matter as first-aid for broken legs.