Word: hiatt
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...Howard H. Hiatt, dean of the School of Public Health, gave his audience something to keep in mind as superpower leaders start talking about "winnable" nuclear wars...
...megaton nuclear attack on Boston would form a crater a half mile wide and 300 feet deep, Dr.Howard H. Hiatt, dean of the School of Public Health, told an estimated 700 doctors and students Saturday. More than two millions would be killed instantly, and at least five million would die from injuries and radiation. With 80 per cent of the area's medical facilities devastated, and only one doctor for every 17,000 in need of care, there would be no chance of effective medical treatment, Hiatt said...
Moreover, the likelihood of nuclear warfare has greatly risen because of the United State's militaristic attitude and President Carter's 70-per cent increase in nuclear weapon expenditures, George B. Kistiakowsky, Lawrence Professor of Chemistry Emeritus, said yesterday. "Medical treatment would be futile; the only recourse is prevention," Hiatt said...