[Drug facilities in the French navy]

Pharmaceutical facilities on board French Navy Vessels must be adapted to the constraints of medical quarters when they exist, or to the lack of such quarters when there are not any. They must meet the demands of the vessel's mission take into account, the number of people on board and the means of members of the Navy Medical Corps. In our ever changing world, the recent increase of female crew members has made it necessary to alter the list of medicines usually taken on board. Because of the advent of nuclear power, it has become necessary to take on board new kinds of medicines against radio-active elements and their pathological effects.