['Restricted' Royal Army Medical Corps publication on the use of poison gas.] R.A.M.C. School of Instruction (C.W.) [i.e. Chemical Warfare]. Lecture Notes. July, 1944.

63pp., small 4to. Stapled. In brown card printed wraps. In good condition, with light signs of age and wear. Ownership inscription of Daphne Kayton at head of front cover, with a few internal notes in the same hand. The volume has an index listing the 35 topics covered: Accidents (Reporting of); Amonia; Arsine; A/V Clothing; Blister Gas [Effects; Properties; Treatment; Mustard Gas; Lewisite]; Carbon Monoxide; Chemical Fire [Extinguishers]; Collection of Casualties; Decontamination; Equipment; Food; Films (Training); Gas Casualties; HCN; H2S; Introduction; Lacrimators; Lung Irritants; Nitrous Fumes; Nose Gases; Organisation [Intelligence]; Oxygen; Phosphorous; Respirator; Screening Smokes; Stretcher Cover Use of; Sulphuretted Hydrogen; Training; The Use of Gas; Water; Weapons. The first part of the introduction is headed 'Use of Gas by the Enemy' and reads: 'The enemy will not hesitate to use gas at his convenience and he is well equipped to do so. When he does, he will probably use it in a manner characteristic of his usual tactics, i.e. on a very large scale. Casualties may, therefore, occur in large numbers in spite of protective equipment and training. The Italians used gas in Abyssinia in 1936 and the Japanese have used it in China.' This is followed by a list of six 'Objects of Chemical Warfare'. The only recorded copy (on WorldCat or COPAC) is at the Universaity of Leicester