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NEUROLOGY 2004;62:1590-1596
© 2004 American Academy of Neurology
Historical Neurology

The birth of nerve agent warfare

Lessons from Syed Abbas Foroutan Col. Jonathan Newmark, MC USAR

From the Chemical Casualty Care Division, US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Col. Jonathan Newmark, MC, USAR, Chemical Casualty Care Division, US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, Attn: MCMR-UV-ZM, 3100 Ricketts Point Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010–5400; e-mail: jonathan.newmark{at}amedd.army.mil

The author reviewed Farsi-language articles published recently by Dr. Syed Abbas Foroutan, which constitute the only firsthand clinical descriptions of battlefield nerve agent casualties in the world literature, and the author compares his comments with US and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) chemical casualty care doctrine. Foroutan’s lessons learned reassure us that a robust medical evacuation system, coupled with timely and appropriate medical care of nerve agent poisoning, will save many more lives on future battlefields.

Received September 23, 2003. Accepted in final form January 12, 2004.

References 17, 18, 19, and 28 are available at the Chemical Casualty Care Division Web site at http://ccc.apgea.army.mil.

The translations were prepared under a contract between US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense and Schreiber Translations, Inc.

The opinions herein expressed are solely those of the author, and not necessarily those of the US Army Medical Research and Material Command, the Department of the Army, or the Department of Defense.




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