SZ/OEMU/62/11/2 - The effects of high velocity fragments on living tissues, 1/11/37

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/62/11/2

Level of description

Item

Title

The effects of high velocity fragments on living tissues, 1/11/37

Date/s

1937

Quantity & Format

8 leaves

Creator

Great Britain. Ministry of Supply. Chemical Defence Research Department. Porton Experimental Station.

Scope and content

The experiments on goats are described whereby a fragment was fired at an anaesthetised animal. The animal was then killed by severing the common carotid artery and a post mortem was carried out to ascertain the effects of the fragment. A discussion of the results is included. Particulars of the fragment penetration apparatus are included, as well as a diagram.

SZ/OEMU/62/11/1

Attached to [SZ/OEMU/62/11/1].

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/62 - [OEMU. Reprints collection]
    - SZ/OEMU/62/11 - [Reprints: Ministry of Supply query on splinters]
      - SZ/OEMU/62/11/2 - The effects of high velocity fragments on living tissues, 1/11/37

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