Contents Chapter 1 - Overview: Defense Against the Effects of Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents Chapter 2 - History of Chemical and Biolical Warfare: An American Perspective Chapter 3 - Historical Aspects of Medical Defense Against Chemical Warfare Chapter 4 - The Chemical Warfare Threat and the Military Healthcare Provider Chapter 5 - Nerve Agents Chapter 6 - Pretreatment for Nerve Agent Exposure Chapter 7 - Vesicants Chapter 8 - LongTerm Health Effects of Nerve Agents and Mustard Chapter 9 - Toxic Inhalational Injury Chapter 10 - Cyanide Poisoning Chapter 11 - Incapacitating Agents Chapter 12 - Riot Control Agents Chapter 13 - Field Management of Chemical Casualties Chapter 14 - Triage of Chemical Casualties Chapter 15 - Decontamination Chapter 16 - Chemical Defense Equipment Chapter 17 - Healthcare and the Chemical Surety Mission Chapter 18 - Historical Overview of Biological Warfare Chapter 19 - The U.S. Biological Warfare and Biological Defense Programs Chapter 20 - Use of Biological Weapons Chapter 21 - The Biological Warfare Threat Chapter 22 - Anthrax Chapter 23 - Plague Chapter 24 - Tularemia Chapter 25 - Brucellosis Chapter 26 - Q Fever Chapter 27 - Smallpox Chapter 28 - Viral Encephalitides Chapter 29 - Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers Chapter 30 - Defense Against Toxin Weapons Chapter 31 - Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B and Related Pyrogenic Toxins Chapter 32 - Ricin Toxin Chapter 33 - Botulinum Toxins Chapter 34 - Trichothecene Mycotoxins Chapter 35 - Medical Challenges in Chemical and Biological Defense for the 21st Century