Medical Experiments in the Holocaust Tad Johnson William

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Medical Experiments in the Holocaust Tad Johnson, William Louis, Caleb Conwell, Jacob Overcash The

Medical Experiments in the Holocaust Tad Johnson, William Louis, Caleb Conwell, Jacob Overcash The Guy Group

Purpose of Experiments • Strived to purify the human race Ø Many ways to

Purpose of Experiments • Strived to purify the human race Ø Many ways to achieve this Medical experiments Racial hygiene Saw physical abnormalities as being genetic defects If they got control of these genes, then they could begin to purify the world • What started eugenics? • Purpose: safeguard the health and welfare of the German people • •

Experiments on twins • Dr. Josef Megele Ø Mainly twins Ø Abnormality Ø Definite

Experiments on twins • Dr. Josef Megele Ø Mainly twins Ø Abnormality Ø Definite way to ensure birth of Aryan children • The ramps • Treatment of the children • Experiments Ø Measurements Ø Blood Ø Eyes Ø Surgeries Ø Death Ø Diseases

Tests for the German Army • Dr. Sigmund Rascher Ø Birkenau Ø Dachau Ø

Tests for the German Army • Dr. Sigmund Rascher Ø Birkenau Ø Dachau Ø Auschwitz • Two main freezing experiments Ø Icy water Ø Outside naked • Three main revival tests Ø Sunlamp Ø Internal warming Ø Hot bath

Pharmaceuticals • Pharmaceutical compounds were tested at concentration camps such as: Sachsenhausen, Dachau, Natzweiler,

Pharmaceuticals • Pharmaceutical compounds were tested at concentration camps such as: Sachsenhausen, Dachau, Natzweiler, Buchenwild, and Neuengamme. • These compounds where tested to fight infectious diseases such as malaria, typhus, tuberculosis, typhoid, yellow fever, and hepatitis. • They poisoned prisoners with gas to test antidotes. • Physicians enjoyed the freedom of testing without ethics or consent of the patient.