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man is mostly fatal, & it is the throat & lungs that are attacked by it, the result being a most painful death often, perhaps, hours of suffering. Tear gas only affects the eyes, by causing tears to run from them & for the time partially blinding the man who happens to have been caught in it. Another gas used by the germans is called Phosgene & is a mixture of Chlorine & carbolic acid gas & is very deadly. It is invisible & has an odor similar to the smell from a freshly turned field. The victim feels no ill effects from (over)
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