Residual Mustard Gas Bronchitis: Effects of Prolonged Exposure to Low Concentrations of Mustard Gas

Article1 January 1947RESIDUAL MUSTARD GAS BRONCHITIS: EFFECTS OF PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO LOW CONCENTRATIONS OF MUSTARD GASPHILIP MORGENSTERN, M.D., FRANK R. KOSS, M.D., WILLIAM W. ALEXANDER, M.D., F.A.C.P.PHILIP MORGENSTERN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, FRANK R. KOSS, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, WILLIAM W. ALEXANDER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-26-1-27 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe toxic effects of mustard vapor on the respiratory tract have been well known since July 1917, when the Germans first used this gas against the Allies. Gilchrist and Matz have described the residual effects in American soldiers eight to ten years after acute mustard gassing.Less widely known is the fact that many persons employed in the handling of mustard gas and exposed to small quantities of the vapor over a prolonged period of time may sustain damage to the respiratory mucosa which may leave them partially or totally disabled. This statement is based on two and one half...Bibliography1. GILCHRISTMATZ HLPB: The residual effects of warfare gases, 1933, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. Google Scholar2. MEDICAL MANUAL OF CHEMICAL WARFARE, 1942, Chemical Publishing Company, Inc., Brooklyn, N. Y. Google Scholar3. HENDERSONHAGGARD YHW: Noxious gases and the principles of respiration influencing their action, 1943, Reinhold Publishing Corp., New York, N. Y. Google Scholar4. PRENTISS AM: Chemicals in Warfare, 1937, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., New York, N. Y. Google Scholar5. BARACHSILBERSTEINOPPENHEIMERHUNTERSOROKA ALFHETTM: Inhalation of penicillin aerosol in patients with bronchial asthma, chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis and lung abscess: preliminary report, Ann. Int. Med., 1945, xxii, 485-509. Google Scholar6 OLSEN AM: Nebulized penicillin, preliminary report of its role in the management of surgical bronchiectasis, Proc. Staff Meet. Mayo Clin., 1945, xx, 184-194. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication March 26, 1946. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byAdsorption Ability of Germanane Nanosheets Towards Nitrogen and Sulfur Mustard Gas Molecules: A First-Principles StudyA highly selective and sensitive “turn-on” fluorescence chemodosimeter for the detection of mustard gasRapid simultaneous determination of apoptosis, necrosis, and viability in sulfur mustard exposed HaCaT cell culturesForensic Lung PathologyHealth Effects of Exposure to Vesicant AgentsDistal esophagitis in patients with mustard-gas induced chronic coughMedical aspects of sulphur mustard poisoningAsthmalike Symptoms Following Intratracheal Exposure of Guinea Pigs to Sulfur Mustard Aerosol: Therapeutic Efficacy of Exogenous Lung Surfactant Curosurf and SalbutamolLow-Level Exposure to the Chemical Warfare Agent Sulfur Mustard*Hazards of chemical weapons release during war: new perspectives.Chemical Warfare Agents: Estimating Oral Reference Doses 1 January 1947Volume 26, Issue 1Page: 27-40KeywordsAttentionBronchitisMucous membranesRespiratory system ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1947 PDF downloadLoading ...