THE POISON FOG
ITS EFFECTS AND NATURE j; (Rec.'May 3, 6 p.m.) / London, May 2. „ The "Times" medical correspondent in North France, after an investigation into 'the asphyxiation of the troops in the field, said that the Germans had chosen these, after carefully experimenting with them on animalß. "Terrible .suffering .was inflicted on ■ our troops.- Fully understood and measured before hand, the poison caused a subtle poisoning of'the blood like that of patients in the later stages of diabetes, the men suffering agony with a feeling of choking, and a scorching sensation in the mouth and throat; I am led to believe from the tarnished buttons and bayonets that chloride of bromide was used."—("Times" and Sydney. "Sun" Services.) / ... ' . .
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2452, 4 May 1915, Page 6
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118THE POISON FOG Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2452, 4 May 1915, Page 6
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