The Medical Aspects of Gas Warfare, WWI. 1. Lacrimators: (eye irritants and "tear gases") such as Benzylbromide. 2. Sternutators: (nasal irritants, "sneeze gases," "vomiting gases"), such as Diphenylchlorarsine. Sternutator gases were mixed with the other, more lethal, gases in order to interfere with the men wearing their protective gas masks.. History - World Wars: Shell Shock during World War One. The Medical Front, WWI. Chemical Warfare and Medical Response During World War I. War and medicine. British Sign Language description Audio description Hippocrates is quoted as saying that ‘war is the only proper school for a surgeon’.
Certainly, medical services have been associated with the military since the days of Ancient Greece.