Bruising and Bleeding. Bruising or bleeding after an injury is normal. However, some people have disorders that cause them to bruise or bleed too easily. Sometimes people bleed without any obvious triggering event or injury.
The skin of victims of mustard gas blistered, the eyes became very sore and they began to vomit. Mustard gas caused internal and external bleeding and attacked the bronchial tubes, stripping off the mucous membrane. This was extremely painful and most soldiers had to be strapped to their beds.
Tweet. The best-known, Dulce Et Decorum Est, which graphically describes the effect of a mustard gas attack on a fellow soldier, has been part of the school curriculum for more than 40 years.he power of Wilfred Owenâs poems was borne of his experience, fighting alongside the soldiers whose lives he documented. Tragically, killed in action, his fate also resembled those of many in the trenches, particularly heartbreaking as it came just a week before the war ended in November 1918.