Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!cbnews!military From: HANK%BARILVM.BITNET@VM1.gatech.edu (Hank Nussbacher) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Atropine and its affect on your body Message-ID: <1990Sep13.012312.16766@cbnews.att.com> Date: 13 Sep 90 01:23:12 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: Bar-Ilan University Computing Center, Israel Lines: 18 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Hank Nussbacher >From: rdh@sli.com (Robert D. Houk) >thing progresses in lockstep sychrony, but . . . (e.g., could the Iraqi >"spook" the U.S./etc soldiers into taking the antidote [to their detri- >ment] just by, e.g., shooting smoke-rounds at them? How bad is the anti- >dote, especially if you don't need it?) > -RDH The antidote, Atropine, acts like a massive blast of antihistimine. Remember all the warnings about not driving after taking your antihistimine? Well, Atropine leaves the person slightly groggy and wanting to go to sleep. Hank Nussbacher Ginot Shomron Israel