The anatomy of murder : ethical transgressions and anatomical science during the Third Reich / Sabine Hildebrandt.
- Hildebrandt, Sabine
- Date:
- 2016
- Books
About this work
Description
"This volume explores how the study of anatomy was conducted during the governance of the Third Reich, from the Third Reich's involvement with university anatomy departments to how the Third Reich implemented protocols for anatomists"-- Provided by publisher.
Publication/Creation
New York : Berghahn, 2016.
Physical description
xvi, 374 pages : black and white illustrations, charts ; 24 cm
Contents
Introduction -- History of research on medicine and anatomy in National Socialism -- Anatomy and related sciences before 1933 -- The interaction between the NS state and anatomists -- The NS state and the Anatomische Gesellschaft -- Anatomists who became victims of NS policies -- Anatomists working in NS Germany -- NS victims and the use of their bodies for anatomical purposes -- The science of anatomy in NS Germany -- After the war -- Developments in professional ethics in anatomy -- Anatomy : on the edge of culture.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Languages
Subjects
- Human anatomyStudy and teachingGermanyHistory20th century
- Human anatomyResearchGermanyHistory20th century
- AnatomistsGermany.
- Medical ethicsGermanyHistory20th century
- Human experimentation in medicineGermanyHistory20th century
- National socialismMoral and ethical aspects
- World War, 1939-1945Atrocities
- Anatomyhistory
- Anatomyethics
- Anatomistsethics
- Human Experimentationethics
- National Socialismhistory
- World War II
- GermanyHistory1933-1945
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineDA.37.AA9Open shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9781785330674
- 1785330675