DETECTION OF MEDICAL DEFENSE AGAINST BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS

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      signs o4 an artificially producen disease. The Possibility that an enemy

      migh@ use saboteurs as Danic-mongers, merely             spreading rumours of a

      biological attack, cannot be overlooked.          In fact biological operations

      could be used as nart of T)sychologic.-al operations.        The effectiveness of

      such psychological operations would dene-nd largely on the Psychological

      state of the target populations.



      35. An adequate annreriation         of the threat in combination with the

      implementation of defensive measures will helm to T)revent nanic in the
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      affected nnnulation.     This should he achieved only bv adequate nrenaration

      and training prior to such an attack.



      36. If Procedures for the handling of Iiiological- casualties are tried and

      tested by the Medical Services Drior to the attack and there is a stockpile

      of saitable drugs such as antibiotics, the Merlical Services will also

      resnond ef.4ec@iveiv to the imr)act of biological agents on the evacuation

      chain.










      '47. The medical care of casualties resulting from a biological attack is

      basically a nroblem in management of large numbers of neiividi.ial-q with

      infectious disease. or expo---lire to toxins.    The fact that the source of the

      exnastz-e may have been artificially created by deliberate dissemination of a

      micrn'nial agent will not change the basic nrincinles nf treatment. 7-very

      physician has some knowledge of infectious disease and common toxicology and

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