Medical Experiments During the Holocaust Around the time of the Holocaust, physicians and doctors started experimenting on the inmates at concentration camps. These experiments were done without the victim’s consent and sometimes without their knowledge. There were at least 30 different famous experiments done (Seheff, ReduceTheBurden.org). These experiments could result in death, mental distress, or permanent disability. Afterwards, some of the doctors were put on trial. The most well known physician is probably Mengele, who was nicknamed the “Angel of Death” (Seheff, ReduceTheBurden.org). Mengele is infamous for his inhumane acts on prisoners at concentration camps (Seheff, ReduceTheBurden.org). A few of these experiments were the freezing,
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Victims of this experiment would stay in cold temperatures for 5 hours or until their body temperature dropped to levels considered low enough for rewarming (Seheff, ReduceTheBurden.org). The method proven to be best was the “icy vat method” because it dropped body temperature faster than any other method (Seheff, ReduceTheBurden.org). One reason given for why the freezing experiments started was because they wanted to know how low body temperature could drop before someone died. The freezing experiments were primarily done on males to simulate the conditions that the German army had to suffer through. After body temperature dropped to 25 degrees celsius (77 degrees fahrenheit) most people lost consciousness or died (Seheff, ReduceTheBurden.org). There were several ways to freeze the patients. “One study forced subjects to endure a tank of ice water for up to three hours” (Seheff, ReduceTheBurden.org). Another study strapped their victims down and placed them outside during the harsh winters. (Seheff. ReduceTheBurden.org) Most of the selections for the freezing experiments were Jews or Russians. Two Russian men had stayed longer than other patients and the doctor slowly increased the temperature to make their death last longer and hurt
Victims of this experiment would stay in cold temperatures for 5 hours or until their body temperature dropped to levels considered low enough for rewarming (Seheff, ReduceTheBurden.org). The method proven to be best was the “icy vat method” because it dropped body temperature faster than any other method (Seheff, ReduceTheBurden.org). One reason given for why the freezing experiments started was because they wanted to know how low body temperature could drop before someone died. The freezing experiments were primarily done on males to simulate the conditions that the German army had to suffer through. After body temperature dropped to 25 degrees celsius (77 degrees fahrenheit) most people lost consciousness or died (Seheff, ReduceTheBurden.org). There were several ways to freeze the patients. “One study forced subjects to endure a tank of ice water for up to three hours” (Seheff, ReduceTheBurden.org). Another study strapped their victims down and placed them outside during the harsh winters. (Seheff. ReduceTheBurden.org) Most of the selections for the freezing experiments were Jews or Russians. Two Russian men had stayed longer than other patients and the doctor slowly increased the temperature to make their death last longer and hurt