SZ/OEMU/62/14/20 - The apparent uninjured but dead

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/62/14/20

Level of description

Item

Title

The apparent uninjured but dead

Quantity & Format

1 leaf

Subject

Explosions -- Physiological effect
Explosions -- Physiological effect -- In shelters

Creator

Shirlaw, G. B.

Scope and content

Mentions casualties suffered in Spain. The victims were dead yet only showed "a drop or two of blood on the lips and petechial haemorrhages". It is suggested that those deaths could have been prevented if they had been sheltering slightly below the surface of the ground. The Anderson shelter, above the ground, does not save one from these blast effects.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/62 - [OEMU. Reprints collection]
    - SZ/OEMU/62/14 - [Reprints: lungs - human]
      - SZ/OEMU/62/14/20 - The apparent uninjured but dead

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