Human Testing

After watching the documentary 'The Brain: a secret history' which involved videos from years ago on the testing of humans. I realised that this subject matter and the idea of ethics involved with such experiments was highly fascinating. The documentary opened my eyes up to the possibilities of my EMP being revolved around the human brain, psychology and the testing on humans.

Hence I will now launch into the disturbing research of human testing between the approximate years of 1900's and 2000.

Probably the most famously renowned human testings were those done in the 1940's during the 2nd WW. These were called the Nazi Human Experiments.

Some examples:

Bone, muscle and nerve transplantation- September 1942 to December 1943.

Ravensbruck Concentration Camp

Benefit for German Armed Forces

Transplantation from one person to another.

Result= agony, mutilation, permanent disability.

Freezing Experiments- 1941, Luftwaffe

Discovering means to prevent and treat hypothermia

To endure a tank of ice water for up to 5 hours.

Now. Our 'contemporary knowledge of hypothermia is based almost exclusively on these Nazi Experiments.'

Other experiments: high altitude, incendiary bomb, poison, sterilization, sea water, sulfonamide, mustard gas, malaria

(information from Wikipedia!)

The Nuremberg Code: "The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential." (1947)

This was a new standard of ethical medical behavior. Though it never made it into German or USA Law.

For more research into Nazi experimenting etc I have been told to watch Schinder's List, 1993. I feel I need to prepare myself for a film like this as it is not a subject matter to be taken lightly. Even when reading the information on wikipedia I began to cry at the thought of it all. Maybe this area is not such a good one for me to be doing for my EMP!!