Chemical and Biological Weaponry and Warfare
Authors: J. R. E.
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1969)

Editorials1 July 1969Chemical and Biological Weaponry and WarfareJ. R. E.J. R. E.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-71-1-204 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe American public is finally becoming more aware of the military development and stockpiling of chemical and biological weapons. Several events have contributed to this awareness and, as a result, to a certain amount of apprehension. In March of last year, the accidental release of nerve gas from the Army Proving Ground at Dugway, Utah, killed some six thousand sheep on adjacent ranges (1) (a fact that the Army at first denied but later admitted to a Congressional committee). More recently, public alarm has been aroused by the Army's plan to transport by rail large amounts of lethal nerve gas...References1. BOFFEY PM: Nerve gas: Dugway accident linked to Utah sheep kill. Science 162: 1460, 1968. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. News in Brief: NAS to review Army plan to dump gas. Science 164: 935, 1969. Google Scholar3. EDSALL JT, MAYER J, GALSTON AW, ROMERO R, LEITENBERG M, SIDEL VW, GOLDWYN RM, SALVIA J, and BRODINE V: Chemical and biological warfare. (A special issue). Scientist and Citizen 9: 113, (Aug.-Sept.) 1967. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. New York Times, March 5, 1969. Google Scholar5. HERSH SM: Chemical and Biological Warfare. America's Hidden Arsenal, Bobbs-Merrill Co., Indianapolis and New York, 1968, 354 pp. Google Scholar6. ROSE S (editor): CBW: Chemical and Biological Warfare: Its Scope, Implications and Future Development. Report of the London Conference on CBW, The Beacon Press, New York and Boston, 1968, 209 pp. Google Scholar7. LANGER E: Chemical and biological warfare: I. The research program. II. The weapons and the policies. Science 155: 174, 299, 1967. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. The biological bomb (annotation). Lancet 1: 465, 1968. Google Scholar9. ROSEBURY T: Medical ethics and biological warfare. Perspect. Biol. Med. 6: 512, 1963. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. SIDEL VW and GOLDWYN RM: Chemical and biological weapons—a primer. New Eng. J. Med. 274: 21, 1966. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11. ROTHSCHILD JH: Tomorrow's Weapons, Chemical and Biological, The McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., New York, 1964. Google Scholar12. WALD G: A generation in search of a future. The Boston Globe, March 8, 1969. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: J. R. E. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byIn Memoriam: J. Russell Elkinton, MD, MACP, FRCP(L); 1910–2002; Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine, 1960–1971Edward J. Huth, MD, Editor EmeritusBrainwashing, Lsd, and Cia: Historical and Ethical Perspective 1 July 1969Volume 71, Issue 1 Page: 204-208 Keywords Armed forces Nerves ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 July 1969 PDF downloadLoading ...