Murray amd Sanders investigate the rising trend in the late 1940s and early 1950s of the practice of 'medicine murder' in the British colony of Lesotho. They analyse the political, cultural and social circumstances which allowed the practice to thrive and the circumstances which saw its demise. Includes bibliographical references and index. xiii, 493 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

"An examination of the execution of a prominent Indonesian scientist during the Japanese occupation of Indonesia in the Pacific War"-- Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-264) and index. xx, 274 pages ; 24 cm

AV monitors 2, 5, 6, 7, 12 exhibited as part of "Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race"" at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum from April 2004 to May 29, 2006. The exhibition focused on the physicians, psychiatrists, anthropologists, public health officials, and others who supported and, ultimately, implemented the Nazi racial eugenics program that culminated in the Holocaust. 01:00:00 ...

Initiated by Hans Fleischhacker in 1943, the collection mainly consists of more than 600 hand-, foot-, and finger-prints of mostly Jewish inmates of the Lódź Ghetto (Litzmannstadt Ghetto) in Poland. Strongly influenced by racial biology, it was the antropologists aim to use this collection for attesting the supposed morphological differences between the palms of Jews and non-Jews. It is the only collection ...

Met lit. opg. en reg. 297 p. ; 24 cm.

Since the end of World War II, Nazi medical atrocities have been a topic of ambivalent reactions and debates, both in Germany and internationally: An early period of silence was followed by attempts of victims and representatives of medical organisations to describe what happened. Varying narratives developed, some of which had a stabilizing function for the identity of the profession, whereas others ...

One of the most disturbing aspects of the Nazi era and the Holocaust was the participation of German physicians in human experiments and in mass murder. According to the editors of this volume, German physicians fully understood what the Nazi racial and eugenic research entailed, with many opting to pursue the career opportunities it afforded. "The first three decades of the twentieth century witnessed ...

Includes bibliographical references and index. xiv, 376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Met lit. opg. 288 p. : ill. ; 21 cm

1. Aufl. 120 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Includes bibliographical references (page 143). 143 pages ; 19 cm

The nazification of German medicine -- The experiments -- Nazi research and medical ethics -- Ethical codes. Literaturverz. S. 389 - 397. - Namenverz. S. 339 - 387. 397, [8] Seiten : Illustrationen

1. Aufl. 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Met lit. opg. 336 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

"Das Kolloquium 'Medizin im Nationalsozialismus' fand am 5. November 1987 im Institut für Zeitgeschichte in München statt."--Page [7]. 110 pages ; 23 cm

Die Wiener Heil- und Pflegeanstalt Am Steinhof : ein Zentrum des NS-Medizinverbrechen in der "Ostmark" ; Vom "Narrenturm" zum Steinhof : die Entwicklung der Wiener "Irrenpflege" ; Rassenwahn und Menschenzucht : Eugenik und Rassenhygiene als Fundamente der NS-Ideologie ; Die "Reinigung des Volkskörpers" : Medizin in Deutschland 1933 bis 1938 ; Verfolgt und vertrieben : der Exodus der Wiener jüdischen ...

Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-413) and index. 423 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Traces the development of medicine and anthropology in mid-19th-century Europe, and how these disciplines influenced antisemitism and the formation of anti-Jewish stereotypes at the turn of the 20th century. The increased emphasis of medicine on the "nerves" instead of the "soul" led to stigmatization of Jews and women, who were both viewed as hereditarily weak and ill-equipped to withstand the curse ...

Papers given on the occasion of an interdisciplinary symposium by the same name, Berlin, Dec. 5-7th at the Zentrum für Human- und Gesundheitswissenschaften der Charité-Universitätsmedizin. 213 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Originalausg. 123 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.

322 pages plates, diagrams 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-327) and index. 335 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm