The Experiments on Jews: Medical Ethics.
Modern society prides itself on our ability to save lives. Our medical knowledge and ability has grown leaps and bounds over the last six decades. These advances didn't come cheap. Thousands of Jews and political prisoners lost their limbs and lives in the hands of the German doctors. During the years of Hitler's reign, the Jews and others were used for a multitude of medical experiments. .
In the beginning, the German doctors developed an "euthanasia" program. This was designed to eliminate those who were deemed "unworthy of life," those with mental and physical disabilities. Eventually the experiments took on a new form. There is a vague pattern the experiments followed in order to benefit the military in various situations. Some includes high altitude and cold, they would benefit the aeronautical and naval combat units. The gas and phosphorous burns would be related to battlefield medical problems and air raids. The malaria, jaundice and typhus that the military came in contact with in the occupied territories. 1 The world has learned a lot from these experiments. We have learned how to treat hypothermia and malaria. .
There is one experiment with Malaria that took place on a political prisoner, Father Leo Miechalowski. In 1942 Father Leo was selected along with 29 others. They were led away from their normal work detail to the camp hospital. Not knowing why they were there, the inmates" numbers were recorded and they were sent to their barracks until further notice. Father Leo was called back 2-3 days later. He was infected with malaria by sticking his hand in the cage with many infected mosquitoes. Over the next week or so he was given various treatments for the malaria. .
The treatments were not pleasant. In Father Leo's testimony at the Nuremburg trials, he tells of one day, "All of a sudden my heart felt like it was going to be torn out.
For every Jew, Gypsy, and Russian that died under the gas chamber there was an SS soldier to push the button. ... Perhaps the most appalling of all experiments were those done with apparently no medical benefit. ... The death toll in the name of scientific research was horrific," (Ethics of Medical Data ). ... It is a question of morals and of ethics. ... It is a question of morals and of ethics. ...
For the articles, "A Plea for Chimps" by Jane Goodall, "The Ethics of Euthanasia" by Lawrence J. ... As Goodall explained in the article, chimps are used in many medical experiments in search for cures and vaccines for a variety of human diseases because they share 99 percent of their genetic material with humans. ... Not yet part of any experiment, they had been confined in these cages for more than three months. ... Schneiderman, the author of the article "The Ethics of Euthanasia", believes that people should not promote nor ban euthanasia. ... "and, finally, to Jews, gypsies, and other "...
Medical Benefits a) What are they b) What are the risks IV. Legislation a) Who regulates it b) What is regulated The Random House Webster's College Dictionary defines bioethics as a field of study and counsel concerned with the implications of certain medical procedures, genetic engineering, and care of the terminally ill. ... Hall, a geneticist, at George Washington to University Medical Center cloned a human embryo. ... This term gained a negative connotation because of the evil Nazi regime that tried to create a "master race- and wipe out the Jews, who they con...
(Outline, 1) Enlightenment thinkers viewed the universe as if a science experiment, relating questions with the scientific method formulated by previous men such as Newton. ... Rationalism in ethics is the claim that certain primary moral ideas are innate in humankind and that such first moral principles are self-evident to the rational faculty. ... Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense discusses the rights and laws of equality amongst men and defines monarchy as "ranked in scripture as one of the sins of the Jews, for which a curse in reserve is denounced against them." ...
(Outline, 1) Enlightenment thinkers viewed the universe as if a science experiment, relating questions with the scientific method formulated by previous men such as Newton. ... Rationalism in ethics is the claim that certain primary moral ideas are innate in humankind and that such first moral principles are self-evident to the rational faculty. ... Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense discusses the rights and laws of equality amongst men and defines monarchy as "ranked in scripture as one of the sins of the Jews, for which a curse in reserve is denounced against them." ...
