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Index Aberdeen Proving Ground, 102, 123 acetylene, 1, 3–4, 21–23, 26–27, 43, 47–48, 54, 60, 87, 163–164 adamasite, 115 Afghanistan, 111 Alaska, 110, 120, 132 Albright, Richard, 124, 128, 132 aluminum chloride, 4, 21–22, 26, 43, 60, 87, 92, 163 American University: arsenic levels at, 127; lewisite residues at, xxii, 120–121, 127; post–World War I, 122–124, 128–129; during World War I, 17–18, 29–36 American University Experimental Station, 18–19, 29–37, 39, 46–47, 120–121, 124 Arab-Israeli War, 111 arsenic: chemical weapons containing, 20, 23, 73–74; effects of, 73–74, 144–145, 148; properties of, 73; studies on, 64–65, 76, 148. See also under American University; Soviet Union; Spring Valley arsenic trichloride, 4, 20–23, 26–27, 43, 47–48, 54, 60, 74, 131, 135, 163–164 atomic bomb. See under World War II Australia, 92, 99–101, 110, 149 Bancroft, Wilder D., 57 Bloemer, A., 27 Britain. See England British Anti-Lewisite, xx, 78–85; DennyBrown and, xx, 83–85; discovery of, 78–80; DuPont Company and, 82; mechanism of, 79, 81, 85; testing of, 79–82, 100–101; uses of, 80–85, 93, 129 Bryden, John, 99, 101 Bureau of Mines. See under World War I Burrell, George A., 22, 32, 35 Büscher, Hermann, 61, 69–72, 76–78, 103 Canada: Defence Research Establishment, Suf¤eld, 101, 141; lewisite destruction in, 141; lewisite testing in, 99, 101, 149. See also under World War I; World War II Card, Andrew H., 154–155 Catholic University of America: lewisite residues at, 120, 130; during World War I, xx, 17, 19–25, 61. See also under Nieuwland, Julius Arthur Chemical Agent Identi¤cation Sets, 110–111 Chemical Warfare Service: during the interwar years, 51, 56–57, 61–64, 69, 88–89; name changes of, 8, 92; post–World War II, 108– 109. See also under World War I; World War II chemical weapons: codes for, xix, 29–30, 54; medicinal uses for, 63–65; peacetime uses for, 63–66. See also speci¤c agents Chemical Weapons Convention, 112, 116, 118– 120, 136–137 China: abandoned chemical weapons in, 138– 141, 151; Dunhua, 139; lewisite manufacture in, 116–117; Mundanjiang City, 139; Qiqihar, 138–139, 140–141; Weijin, 139. See also under World War II chlorine, 4, 13–14, 63–64, 163 chlorovinylarsonous acid. See lewisite, degradation products of chlorovinylarsonous oxide. See lewisite, degradation products of Cleveland, Ohio, 37–40 Cold War, 109, 152 Conant, James Bryant, 29–30, 86–88; as Ambassador to Germany, 88; at American University, 17, 23, 28–30, 32, 35–36; atomic bomb and, xxi, 87–88; autobiography of, 46, 52, 88; as chairman of NDRC, xxi, 86–88; education reform and, 88; at Harvard University, xxi, 29, 83, 86–88; views of, on poison gas, 88; at Willoughby, xxi, 39, 41–43, 45–47, 50; during World War I, xxi, 17, 23, 28–30, 32, 35–36, 39, 41– 43, 45–47, 50; during World War II, xxi, 86–88 copper chloride, 98 Denny-Brown, Derek E., 83–85; at Boston City Hospital, 83; British Anti-Lewisite and, xx, 83–85; Wilson’s disease and, xx, 83–85; during World War II, 83, 87 Deseret Chemical Depot, 120 Dorsey, Frank M., 37–42, 47–48, 51, 53 Dow Chemical Company, 47 Dugway Proving Ground, 120, 133–134 Eddington, Patrick, 113 Edgewood Arsenal, 32, 88–89, 92, 95–96, 102, 109, 122–123, 145–146 Egypt, 115–116 Elnora, Indiana, 65 England: Chemical Defense Research Establishment (Sutton Oaks), 115; lewisite disposal/destruction in, 115, 141; lewisite manufacture in, 67, 87, 98, 115, 141; lewisite testing in, 67, 97–100, 147, 149; Porton Down, 67, 80, 87, 98–100, 141–142, 149; War Department Factory (Randle), 141. See also under World War I; World War II Environmental Protection Agency, 124, 127, 132–133, 150 Ethiopia, 67, 104 Evans, D. C., 103–104 Evans, Rob, 97, 99–100 Fort Leonard Wood, 154 France, lewisite manufacture in, 67, 101, 142. See also under World War I; World War II Franke, Siegfried, 155 Fries, Amos A., 22, 25–27, 56, 60–62, 64, 108 gas masks, 14–16, 20, 28–29, 37–39, 48, 73, 76, 93, 99, 133 Germany: chemical weapons and, 61, 67, 69, 138; Kaiser-Wilhelm Institut für Physikalische Chemie, 13, 27, 86; lewisite discoveries in, 27–28, 61; lewisite manufacture in, 101–103; lewisite testing in, 103–104. See...