Scientific and Technological Advances of

First World War

Blood Banks
Flame-thrower
Used as lethal
weapons, the
flame-throwers were
first introduced by the
Plastic Surgery German Army, gaining
a lot of advantage over
The pioner of others.
reconstructive
surgery, Harold Timer Shooting
Gillies, was the first Thanks to the Australian
to try them, mostly Army and with a water
caused by fire guns system, some weapons
on the face. shooted 10 or 5 seconds
after the trigger was
Airlines pulled. This helped to
distract the enemy.
Handley Page O series
was first designed to
attack Germany and, after Prosthesis
war, many planes were
destinated to passenger
travels, creating Handley As many soldiers lost their
Page Transport Company. legs and arms mainly,
the first Airline. orthopedic systems were
designed to replace their
ornags with wood ones.

Control Lights Anti-gas Horses Masks

This system of In combat, not only men had to
lights allowed be away from gas, but also
to recognise horses. Germans were the
airplanes far first to create this protective
away just by masks for them.
the light they
released.
Anti-Mosquitos Spray
Unsinkable Costume As well known even at those
times, mosquitos are carriers
French people designed of thousands of viruses and,
this costume which, as it for protectiong soldiers, this
name refers, avoided spray was created.
their user to sink into the
Designed by: Valeria
water. Cornejo Nieto