Blackburn, Luke

Bommaraju, T. V, Luke, B., Dammann, G., O Brien, T. F., and Blackburn, M. C., Chlorine, Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, John Wiley Sons, New York, 2002. 

A more carefully planned use of biological weapons was attempted by Dr. Luke Blackburn, a future governor of Kentucky, who attempted to infect clothing with smallpox and yellow fever and then sell it to unsuspecting Union troops. At least one Union officer s obituary stated that he died of smallpox attributed to Blackburn s scheme. Yellow fever, however, could not be transferred in this manner. Since more soldiers died of disease during the Civil... 

T.V. Bommaraju, B. LUke, G. Dammann, T.F. O Brien, and M.C. Blackburn, CMorine. In Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, on-line edition, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York (2002). 

Bommaraju TV, Luke B, O Brien TF, Blackburn MC. Chlorine. In Seidel A, editor. Kirk-othmer encyclopedia of chemical technology. John Wiley and Sons 2002. 

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