The Nuremberg Medical Trial

Introduction: Approaches to Representing the Subject – 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 – 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 – The Trial—An Ethical Analysis – Theoretical Background for an Overdue Debate – Medical Ethics: Hippocrates and National Socialism – Use and Abuse of Experimental Data – Epilogue – Illustrations – Notes – Bibliography – Index.