Something to remember about Michael Steele: He said embyonic stem cell research is akin to

[cali]

the "medical" experiments conducted by the Nazis on Jews. Yeah, he apologized for it after being blasted, but he still owns that particular piece of stuped and callous. Comparing valuable medical research on a clump of undifferentiated cells to this? What a brain dead asshole.

Mengele organized genetic experiments on twins. The twins were arranged by age and sex and kept in barracks between experiments, which ranged from injection of different chemicals into the eyes of twins to see whether it would change their colors to literally sewing twins together to try creating conjoined twins.<8><9>


Freezing experiments

A cold water immersion experiment at Dachau concentration camp presided over by Professor Ernst Holzlohner (left) and Dr. Sigmund Rascher (right). The subject is wearing a Luftwaffe garment.In 1941, the Luftwaffe conducted experiments to learn how to treat hypothermia. One study forced subjects to endure a tank of ice water for up to three hours. Another study placed prisoners naked in the open for several hours with temperatures below freezing. The experimenters assessed different ways of rewarming survivors.<10>

Malaria experiments
From about February 1942 to about April 1945, experiments were conducted at the Dachau concentration camp in order to investigate immunization for treatment of malaria. Healthy inmates were infected by mosquitoes or by injections of extracts of the mucous glands of female mosquitoes. After contracting the disease, the subjects were treated with various drugs to test their relative efficiency. Over 1,000 people were used in these experiments, and of those, more than half died as a result.<12>


Mustard gas experiments
At various times between September 1939 and April 1945, experiments were conducted at Sachsenhausen, Natzweiler, and other camps to investigate the most effective treatment of wounds caused by mustard gas. Test subjects were deliberately exposed to mustard gas and other vesicants, which inflicted severe chemical burns. The victims' wounds were then tested to find the most effective treatment for the mustard gas burns.<13>


Sulfonamide experiments
From about July 1942 to about September 1943, experiments to investigate the effectiveness of sulfonamide, a synthetic antimicrobial agent, were conducted at Ravensbrück.<14> Wounds inflicted on the subjects were infected with bacteria such as Streptococcus, gas gangrene and tetanus.<15> Circulation of blood was interrupted by tying off blood vessels at both ends of the wound to create a condition similar to that of a battlefield wound. Infection was aggravated by forcing wood shavings and ground glass into the wounds. The infection was treated with sulfonamide and other drugs to determine their effectiveness.


Sea water experiments
From about July 1944 to about September 1944, experiments were conducted at the Dachau concentration camp to study various methods of making sea water drinkable. At one point, a group of roughly 90 Roma were deprived of food and given nothing but sea water to drink by Dr. Hans Eppinger, leaving them gravely injured.<11> They were so dehydrated that others observed them licking freshly mopped floors in an attempt to get drinkable water.<16>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_human_experimentation


http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/29/opinion/edletters.php

[Vogon_Glory]

1. Didn't the Nazis ALSO outlaw abortion? n/t

[originalpckelly]

2. Another study placed prisoners naked in the open for several hours with temperatures below freezing.

Gee, that sounds like a certain interrogation technique. The Republicans are pretty familiar with that, now aren't they?