Most\of the civilian deaths due to German bombing in British cities where" individuals have not been directly struck or buried beneath wrecked buildings have been due to shock and most of the injuries have come from flying fragments of spent shrapnel and falling bricks and slates, The shock injuries are the most difficult to deal with, Concussion of the bomb breaks down the walls of the blood vessels, letting the blood leak into the flesh. The remedy is blood transfusion, but search is being constantly made for new protective garments to absorb the shock, Some research work in this direction is done in New York.
One of the garments devised, which high medical authority be-leves will meet the case by protecting the more vulnerable organs, the lungs, head, stomach, is a bomb-
Sits for the eyes, It hangs loosely letely covering
over the face, so there is no difi-Cuauipped with jumper and cloak, y about breathing,
a woman even in the flimsiest of evening attire can have immediate protection in case of a sudden air raid. These garments have been devised by a committee of Amer-jean women sympathetic to Great Britain, with the aid of medical authorities and experts in plastic and fireproof materials, The group was brought together by Mrs. Frances Ruskin, wife of a New York medical specialist.
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