Holocaust Medical Experiments

Thousands of people died during the Holocaust due to medical experiments and poor doctoring. To be a doctor during the holocaust had to be German and part of the Nazi party. They did not take their Hippocrates Oath seriously, and commonly seemed to act the exact opposite. Doctors would also decide who was fit to work and who wasn't. They also sterilized the workers or terminated pregnancies. Some doctors would even have experiments done on people of the camps. Holocaust doctors were inhumane and treated people as their guinea pigs to better their own soldiers, causing even more deaths. To be a doctor in the modern world one must take the Hippocrates Oath promising the taker will intend to save lives, not intentionally making patients …show more content…
Twins would be joined together. They would do experiments that would potentially help with their own military. They would put people through extreme cold and try to warm them back up to see if they survive. Also they would have people drink only salt water to see how long they survive. In order to see how high altitude affects someone doctors would out patients in a low pressure chamber. Prisoners were commonly injected with the tuberculosis, malaria, typhus and other illnesses to see how they affect the body and what needs to be done to cure it. However most weren't cured of it due to the severity of it and the weakness of their body. Most people died during or shortly after all experiments. People would also have live autopsies done on them so doctors can see all that goes on in the body while living. Transplants of human limbs, muscles and nerves would be done to see if it is possible. Experiments involving high air pressure, freezing temperatures and extreme heat were done on This was done to see if their own soldiers can survive the conditions and if they had the ability to save a man through the medical experiments they …show more content…
They went against the common rule for doctors, had inhumane practices, tried to stop Jewish people from populating, and did experiments that caused many deaths. Most of the doctors disappeared once the camps were shut down, and very few were punished for the crimes they committed. Today not many people knew of the experiments done and the amount of lives this cost also. 11 million people died and of that thousands were experimented on. Nazi doctors were not only lacking in morals, but also bringing shame to other doctors of that