Protective ointment research

The antimustard preparation, M5 protective ointment, while not the final answer to mustard decontamination and prevention of mustard effects on the skin, was the most satisfactory preparation devised during the war for this purpose. Researchers found no clear-cut superiority for any therapeutic agent in the treatment of mustard burns of the skin, but they concluded that the use on third degree burns of sulfadiazine ointment and petrolatum containing silver nitrate was the best treatment for the burnlike injury. As for contamination of the eyes by liquid mustard gas, nothing proved much more effective in preventing the rapid and destruc-... 

The chemical industry generally conjures up a small number of key images research laboratories, chemical formulas, large production plants - but also people wearing protective clothing at scenes of accidents and polluted waters. Medicines, tablets, tinctures, and ointments are a few examples of clearly positive pictures (Fig. 27.1). 

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