Books on line

I've linked to these before, but now Books On Line has the links to the pages

Rehab books

I'm doing a review of medicine that includes many of these problems....I'm a bit rusty because although I saw a lot in my practice, now that I'm retired, most of the CME stuff is about newfangled treatments for adult or child medicine, not injuries (i.e. family practice, not emergency medicine).


Medical aspects of harsh environment

again, a lot of this I know but it's not something we run into every day: but it's good information if you camp out in the cold or hike in the heat.

NBC warfare

Actually, we worked with this in our National Guard unit, back in the days when they were worried that the Soviets would send tanks through the Fulda gap and would clear the way by positing special forces types in front of them who would use chemicals to clear the way.

That type of warfare, like our old MOPP suits, is now out of fashion, but if anyone got hold of Kadaffy's old stash of weapons (link2), or break into Syria's stash, some folks might need to learn about these things again quick.

and no, I don't think that Iran is nutty enough to use chemical weapons on Israel: the Mullahs are too busy fighting their crazy president who not only hates Israel but is trying to stop them from stealing everything in sight. Strategypage says they'd probably welcome a small surgical strike by Israel as an excuse to destroy their opposition, but not a real war...
but I personally doubt they are dumb enough to nuke or use chemical weapons on Isreal, who not only has a couple workable bombs but would be willing to use them.

However, having a bomb (even a fizzling bomb such as those produced by North Korea) would scare the Arabs, a traditional enemy, into submission...unless of course the Saudis buy their own bomb.

Sigh.