SZ/OEMU/62/12/18-21 - An experimental study of the wounding mechanism of high velocity missiles, 25/10/41

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/62/12/18-21

Level of description

Item

Title

An experimental study of the wounding mechanism of high velocity missiles, 25/10/41

Quantity & Format

7 leaves

Creator

Black, A. N.

Creator

Burns, B. Delisle

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Creator

Zuckerman, Solly, 1904-1993

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

Explores the discrepancy between small splinters and the corresponding larger size of wounds they impose. Experiments with rabbits and blocks of gelatin are carried out. Four leaves contain photographic illustrations of gelatin blocks on impact with missiles. Two separate batches of these photographs, without the report, are at [SZ/OEMU/62/12/20-21].

Reprints of this report as it was published in the British Medical Journal, are at [SZ/OEMU/62/12/9-16].

Report written by A.N. Black, B. Delisle Burns and SZ.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/62 - [OEMU. Reprints collection]
    - SZ/OEMU/62/12 - [Reprints: bomb splinter wounds]
      - SZ/OEMU/62/12/18-21 - An experimental study of the wounding mechanism of high velocity missiles, 25/10/41

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