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WW I Gas Mask Invented

WW I Gas Mask Invented

by canmilmedmuseum_fwtjpu | Apr 29, 2018 | Milestones

Dr Cluny MacPherson, a Newfoundlander and Newfoundland Regiment Medical Officer, was the inventor of the gas mask which was the most important protective device of the First World War, protecting countless soldiers from blindness, disfigurement or injury to their...

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