SZ/OEMU/2/5/1 - [Letter, SZ to B.A. McSwiney, 28/6/47]

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/2/5/1

Level of description

Item

Title

[Letter, SZ to B.A. McSwiney, 28/6/47]

Date/s

1947

Quantity & Format

1 leaf Letters (typescript)

Personal name

Greenfield, J. G.

Subject

Lungs -- Wounds & injuries
Explosions -- Physiological effect

Creator

Zuckerman, Solly, 1904-1993

Creator

McSwiney, Bryan Austin,

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

Discusses the opinions that suction waves of blasts through the trachea cause injuries in man and animals. Experiments performed by Greenfield at Shoeburyness are mentioned. SZ argues that the pressure wave which hits the body wall is responsible for the injuries. Reference is also made to the post mortem studies of 30 children in Barcelona who suffered ruptured lungs.

Written on recto and verso.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/2 - [OEMU. Research queries and correspondence, 1940-1962]
    - SZ/OEMU/2/5 - [Correspondence: B.A. McSwiney, 1940-1941]
      - SZ/OEMU/2/5/1 - [Letter, SZ to B.A. McSwiney, 28/6/47]

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