title: The Oxford Biochemistry Department in wartime, 1939-45.
abstract: The work done in the Department of Biochemistry in Oxford during World War II is recounted. Reference is made to the research on burns, nutrition and malaria, but it is mainly concerned with the search for antidotes to mustard gas and lewisite. The discovery of a successful antidote to lewisite is described in some detail.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford.
authors.forename: Margery G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Ord
authors.forename: Lloyd A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Stocken
mesh_terms: D000931:Antidotes / Q000266:history*; D001152:Arsenicals / Q000266:history; D001671:Biochemistry / Q000266:history*; D002619:Chemical Warfare Agents / Q000266:history* / Q000506:poisoning; D004739:England; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009151:Mustard Gas / Q000266:history / Q000506:poisoning; D014495:Universities / Q000266:history*; D047789:World War II
chemical_list: D000931:Antidotes; D001152:Arsenicals; D002619:Chemical Warfare Agents; C035965:lewisite; D009151:Mustard Gas