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The '''Nazi malaria experments''' were nonconsensual resaearch, conducted between February 1942 at April 1945 at [[Dachau Concentration Camp]]; purpose was to test immunization for and treatment of [[malaria]] on over 1200 prisoners. | The '''Nazi malaria experments''' were nonconsensual resaearch, conducted between February 1942 at April 1945 at [[Dachau Concentration Camp]]; purpose was to test immunization for and treatment of [[malaria]] on over 1200 prisoners, primarily Polish priests. | ||
The experiments were intended to gain information for protecting the health of the German military. This trial proceeded a U.S. Army trial of the working-level participants at the camp, led by [[Claus Schilling]], who was convicted and hanged. <ref>{{citation | |||
| url = http://www.scrapbookpages.com/DachauScrapBook/experiments2.html | |||
| title = Medical Experiments at Dachau | |||
| journal = Dachau Scrapbook}}</ref? | |||
Nine defendants were charged in the [[Medical Case (NMT)]]: [[Kurt Blomer]], [[Karl Brandt]], [[Rudolf Brandt]], [[Karl Gebhardt]], [[Siegfried Handloser]], [[Joachim Mrugowsky]], [[Helmut Poppendick]], [[Paul Rostock]], and [[Wolfram Sievers]]. Only Sievers was convicted. | Nine defendants were charged in the [[Medical Case (NMT)]]: [[Kurt Blomer]], [[Karl Brandt]], [[Rudolf Brandt]], [[Karl Gebhardt]], [[Siegfried Handloser]], [[Joachim Mrugowsky]], [[Helmut Poppendick]], [[Paul Rostock]], and [[Wolfram Sievers]]. Only Sievers was convicted. | ||
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The Nazi malaria experments were nonconsensual resaearch, conducted between February 1942 at April 1945 at Dachau Concentration Camp; purpose was to test immunization for and treatment of malaria on over 1200 prisoners, primarily Polish priests.
The experiments were intended to gain information for protecting the health of the German military. This trial proceeded a U.S. Army trial of the working-level participants at the camp, led by Claus Schilling, who was convicted and hanged. Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
Of these drugs, only quinine is still used. The medical literature had reported the toxicity of the others. In 1936, the British Medical Journal reported that an increased incidence of poisoning by pyramidon, and that Parliament had ruled it would be listed as a poison and available only on prescription. [1]
References
- ↑ John Simon (22 February 1936), "Deaths from Pyramidon Posioning", Br Med J. 1 (3920): 397