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Medical Aspects of Chemical Warfare (2008) - The Black Vault

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<strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Aspects</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Chemical</strong> <strong>Warfare</strong>Table 2-2 continuedVesicantsor blisteragentsSystemic orblood agents40DiphosgeneThiophosgeneChloropicrinPhenylcarbylaminechlorideDichlorodimethylether &dibromodimethyletherPhenyldichloroarsineEthyldichloroarsinePhenyldibromoarsineDichlorethylsulphideS(CH 2CH 2) 2Cl 2July 12,1917 (Germany)EthyldichloroarsineChlorvinyldichloroarsineMethyldichloroarsineDibromoethylsulfideHydrogen cyanideTrichlormethylchlor<strong>of</strong>ormate;Surpalite;Superpalite;Perst<strong>of</strong>f; GreenCrossLacrimite; GreenCrossNitrochlor<strong>of</strong>orm;Aquinite; PS; NC;KlopPhenyl isocyanidechloride“Labyrinthic substances”;Bibi; CiciClCOOCCl 3May 1916(Germany)CCl 3NO 2July 1916(Germany& Allies);August1916(Russia)C 6H 5CNCl 2May 1917(Germany)(CH 2Cl) 2O(CH 2Br) 2OJanuary1918(Germany)Sternite C 6H 5AsCl 2September1917(Germany)Dick; ED C 2H 5AsCl 2March 1918(Germany)C 6H 5AsBr 2September1918(Germany)Sulfur mustard;LOST; Yperite; HS;Yellow CrossDick; ED C2H 5AsCl2 March 1918(Germany)Lewisite CHClCHAsCl 2Never usedon battlefieldMethyldick; MD;Blue CrossCH 3AsCl 2Never usedon battlefieldBrom LOST S(CH 2CH 2) 2Br 2Never usedon battlefieldHydrocyanic acid;Vincennite; Manganite;ForestiteHCN July 1, 1916(France)First used at Verdun in retaliation<strong>of</strong> French phosgene usedFebruary 1916Discovered by English chemistStenhouse in 1848; Britishcalled it “vomiting gas”Exerts a peculiar action on thelabyrinth <strong>of</strong> the ear, alteringequilibrium<strong>The</strong> first toxic lung-injuringagent<strong>The</strong> major American contributionto the chemical weaponinventory but never usedin war time; developed byCaptain Winford Lee Lewis<strong>of</strong> the CWS in 1917; Germansclaim they manufactured it in1917 prior to the AmericandiscoveryDiscovered by Baeyer in 1858;Americans studied it intenselyat the end <strong>of</strong> WWI;not used by either sideStudied by Germany in theclosing days <strong>of</strong> the warExclusively used by French inWWI; usually mixed withother chemicals (arsenictrichloride, stannic chloride,and chlor<strong>of</strong>orm) to increaseits stability and makeit heavier(Table 2-2 continues)

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