Doctors of infamy : the story of the Nazi medical crimes / by Alexander Mitscherlich and Fred Mielke ; translated by Heinz Norden ; with statements by three American authorities identified with the Nuremberg medical trial: Andrew C. Ivy, Telford Taylor, Leo Alexander ; and a note on medical ethics by Albert Deutsch (including the New Hippocratic Oath of the world Medical Association).

Author: Mitscherlich, Alexander, 1908-1982.

Imprint:[Whitefish, MT] : Kessinger, [2008]

Descriptionxxxix, 172 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Note:"This book is, in part, a translation of Das Diktat der Menschenverachtung, by Alexander Mitscherlich and Fred Mielke (Heidelberg: Lambert Schneider, 1947). We have extended the volume by the inclusion of statements by Dr. Andrew C. Ivy, Brigadier General Telford Taylor, Dr. Leo Alexander, Albert Deutsch, and a publisher's epilogue."" -- T.p. verso

Note:Statement by Dr. Andrew C. Ivy -- Statement by Brigadier General Telford Taylor -- Statement by Dr. Leo Alexander -- A note on medical ethics by Albert Deutsch -- Twenty-three doctors: the indictment -- Experiemnts involving high altitude (subjection to low pressure), low temperature, and the drinking of sea water -- Experiments with typhus and infectious jaundice -- Experiments with sulfonamide, bone-grafting, cellulitis, and mustard gas -- Collection of skulls of Jews for Strassburg University -- The euthanasia program; direct extermination of racial groups and undesirable patients; experimental work in mass sterilization -- Publisher's epilogue: seven were hanged -- Appendix: the meaning of guilt.

Original Version NoteOriginally published : New York : Henry Schuman, 1949.

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