Citation

Gillow JT. J. R. Soc. Med. 1995; 88(6): 347P-349P.

Affiliation

Birmingham & Midland Eye Hospital, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Royal Society of Medicine)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7629769

PMCID

PMC1295244

Abstract

The last decade has seen the development of military lasers designed to blind. Medical professionals dedicated to the prevention and treatment of visual disability, and particularly ophthalmologists under the terms of their newly acquired Royal Charter, have a responsibility to: document this new technology; explain its medical effects; and influence the threshold at which these weapons might be used. Proposals to prohibit anti-eye laser warfare at The United Nations Convention Conference in September 1995 present a unique opportunity to stigmatize blinding as a method of warfare.

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