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Agent is or you suspect a chemical attack and people develop rasheses you would say this is not necessarily a nerve agent. sarin doesn't develop into rashes or blisters as would another chemical agent like mustard. so you begin the broader assessment like a funnel narrowing down until you say, well, this person has all of the symptoms before death, for example, of foaming at the mouth, the nervous system has shut down. when i wave my hand i get a brain signal that goes through my nervous system that tells my hand and arm to move. the nerve agent sarin and others will interfere with that impuls...