Chemical Agents of Opportunity for Terrorism: TICs & TIMs

Chemical Agents of Opportunity for Terrorism
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Slide 41
Chemical Agents of Opportunity for Terrorism:
TICs & TIMs
Bacon Rebellion
1676, Bacon Rebellion:
The soldiers presented a “very pleasant comedy, for they turned
natural fools upon it for several days: one would blow a feather in the
air; another would dart straws at it with much fury; and another , stark
naked, was sitting up in a corner like a monkey, grinning and ma king
mows at them. …. A thousand such simple tricks they played, and
after 11 days returned themselves again, not remembering anythin g
that had passed. ”
Robert Beverly, The History and Present State of Virginia (1705)
Module Two - The Clinical Neurotoxicology of Chemical Terrorism
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This is a description excerpted from a book written in 1705 about the Bacon rebellion.
Of note, the anticholinergic hallucinations lasted 11 days. This is likely dose-related as
the soldiers may have continued to eat the plant, and related to the long-lasting effects
on the brain from repetitive administration.
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