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The Nuremberg Medical Trial, the Holocaust and the origin of the Nuremberg medical code, Horst H. Freyhofer

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-204) and index

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The Nuremberg Medical Trial

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Horst H. Freyhofer

the Holocaust and the origin of the Nuremberg medical code

Introduction: Approaches to Representing the Subject -- Chapter 1: The Road to Nuremberg -- The Nuremberg Medical Trial: A Symbol of Broken Trust -- The Hippocratic Tradition and Its Modern Challenges -- Human Experimentation Before the Outbreak of Global War -- Collective Versus Individual Health After World War I: The Primacy of Ideology -- German Medicine After the Outbreak of World War II -- German Medical Experiments During World War II -- Rescue of Fliers and Sailors -- Treatment of War Injuries -- Reconstructive Surgery -- Controlling Epidemics -- Biochemical Warfare -- Eugenic Experiments -- The Jewish Skeleton Collection -- Medical Results of the Experiments -- Chapter 2: The Trial -- A Legal Analysis -- The Precedent: The Major Trial Before the International Military Tribunal -- The Medical Trial -- Preparing the Trial -- The Defendants -- Count One: Crimes Against Peace -- Conspiracy -- Count Two: War Crimes -- Count Three: Crimes Against Humanity -- Count Four: Membership in Criminal Organizations -- Verdicts and Sentences -- The Trial in Review: How Fair, How Just, How Competent? -- The Nuremberg Code -- Chapter 3: The Trial -- An Ethical Analysis -- Theoretical Background for an Overdue Debate -- Medical Ethics: Hippocrates and National Socialism -- Use and Abuse of Experimental Data