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To the Editor: In their excellent review of anthrax infection, Dixon et al. (Sept. 9 issue)¹ state that the only known use of anthrax in war was by the Japanese in China in the 1940s. Two other instances have been reported, however, one of which is well documented and the other alleged and highly controversial. Both have special importance for American physicians.

In World War I, Germany undertook a widespread covert program of biologic warfare, using anthrax and glanders, directed against horses and mules. In the United States from 1915 to 1917 the program was operated by Anton Dilger, an . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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