TY  - JOUR
T1  - Doctors of infamy: The story of the nazi medical crimes
Y1  - 1949/12/17
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1949.02910160085034
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 1195
EP  - 1195
VL  - 141
IS  - 16
N2  - This book is the record of the action of the American military tribunal which inquired into the German medical war crimes. Many of the greatest leaders of German medicine cooperated in these studies. The book includes statements by the leading figures in the trials, a discussion of medical ethics and a pictorial section. It becomes clear that the "doctors of infamy" were not animated by any craving for research which would lead ultimately to the prolonging or saving of human life. They were carrying out orders from the central government, and they manufactured excuses for their conduct, rationalizing as human beings sometimes do who wish to be freed from feelings of guilt. Many thousands of the tuberculous were killed simply to get rid of them. Many thousands were sterilized by roentgen rays and others by injections. Already the facts have been widely emphasized that little or nothing of any value
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1949.02910160085034
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1949.02910160085034
ER  -