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To be free from it but when the sun heats up the ground the liquid
volatilizes and the vapor soaks through the clothing. As the men become
warmed up by work their skin is blistered, especially under the armpits.
The mustard acts like steam, producing burns that range from a mere
reddening to serious ulcerations, always painful and incapacitating, but
if treated promptly in the hospital rarely causing death or permanent
scars. The gas attacks the eyes, throat, nose and lungs and may lead to
bronchitis or pneumonia. It was found necessary at the front to put all
the clothing of the soldiers into the sterilizing ovens every night to
remove all traces of mustard. General Johnson and his staff in the 77th
Division were poisoned in their dugouts because they tried to alleviate
the discomfort of their camp cots by bedding taken from a neighboring
village that had been shelled the day before. Of the 925 cases requiring
medical attention at the Edgewood Arsenal 674 were due to mustard.
During the month of August 3-1/2 per cent. of the mustard plant force
were sent to the hospital each day on the average. But the record of the
Edgewood Arsenal is a striking demonstration of what can be done in the
prevention of industrial accidents by the exercise of scientific
prudence. In spite of the fact that from three to eleven thousand men
were employed at the plant for the year 191