§ Mr. FREEMANasked the Secretary of State for War what is the method pursued for proving that poison-gas experiments on living animals are applicable to human beings?
§ Mr. SANDERSA comparison of the gross and microscopic appearance of the lungs of men killed by irritant gases in France with those of animals exposed to the same substance showed that the injuries were of similar nature and character, and further study of such animals gave evidence of the mode of action of the poison and their effects on vital organs. It was thus possible, by correlating these experiments with clinical observations on gas patients, to formulate curative treatments. There is no reason to believe that the connection between the effect of gas on animals and its effect on human beings, which experience in the War established, does not continue to hold good.