Chemo.

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"an unthinkably rare chance to perform a pioneering investigation into the toxin’s biological effects on the human body—the kind that would be impossible with living volunteers."

Courtesy here the Smithsonian and the article by JENNET CONANT.

From bad can come good? The Bari Raid? Italy, WW2. Weapons of mass destruction.

"THE BOMBING AND THE BREAKTHROUGH"

Little Pearl Harbor 1943! The Bari air raid WW2. Last fling of the Luftwaffe. Air raid, Adriatic Sea, WW2. Thought to be impotent Nazi air force hardly ineffectual. Woe to the allies, loss of personal and munitions significant.

"How a chemical weapons disaster in World War II led to a U.S. cover-up—and a new cancer treatment."

"All told, the Nazis sunk 17 Allied ships and destroyed more than 31,000 tons of valuable cargo. More than 1,000 American and British servicemen were killed, and almost as many wounded, along with hundreds of civilians."

NOW FOR THE REST OF THE STORY. THANKS TO YOU TUBE.

HS = Hot Stuff. Hot Stuff = Mustard agent. Secret cargo [not acknowledged by Churchill or Eisenhower] released into the water and air the Bari harbor area as a result of the Luftwaffe attack causing horrific casualties.

Cancer remedies prior to 1945 limited to surgery and radiation. Medical professionals treating the Bari Raid casualties reasonably inferring that some sort of chemical "derivative" of mustard agent would be useful in treating certain types of cancers [blood diseases such as leukemia where the white blood cells run amok and destroy the human body].  Reasonable inferences proving correct with the rest being history.

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