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Drazen JM. Smallpox and bioterrorism. N Engl 1 Med. 2002 Apr 25;346(17):1262-3. Bicknell WJ. The case for voluntary smallpox vaccination. N Engl 1 Med 2002 Apr 25;346(17):1323-5. Fauci AS. Smallpox…
Canfield D, et al. Abnormal glucose levels found in transportation accidents. Aviat Space Environ Med 2001; 72(9): 813-815. BACKGROUND THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION'S Office of Aerospace Medicine is responsible for…
THE AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE (ADF) is currently maintaining large numbers of soldiers including aviators in malarious areas of East Timor for peacekeeping duties. The only approved malaria chemo suppressive agent…
"Ulcerated cartilage is a troublesome thing, once destroyed is not repaired" Hunter, 1743 ABSTRACT OSTEOCHONDRAL DEFECTS are common sequelae of traumatic injuries to lower limb weight-bearing joints. The knee joint…
HIPPOCRATES ADVISED, "he who would become a surgeon should join an army and follow it". Acceleration of scientific development and advances in methodology and practices often result from the exigencies…
WHAT CAN YOU SAY to those who say that you can "cook up" biological warfare agents in the kitchen and kill thousands? Try positioning this account of the nascent British…
THIS IS A REPORT OF A CASE OF MALARIA in which the patient presumably inadvertently partially treated an undiagnosed episode of malaria before presenting with a probable relapse of the…
IT IS NOW SIX MONTHS since the tragic and frightening attacks of 11 September (or 9-11 as the Americans now seem to refer to it). The new Bush government has…
SIX AUSTRALIAN BATTALIONS have served in East Timor since the beginning of the International Force in East Timor (InterFET) and transition to the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor…
TRAINING MILITARY PERSONNEL to manage military casualties is difficult. Within the Australian Defence Force (ADF), experience of major trauma is limited to those who work routinely in the emergency and…
A FEW YEARS AGO, a French farmer discovered the body of an Australian soldier – namely Private Bosisto – near a feature called 'the windmill' close to a village of…
