Murderous Medicine

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pavlovb

pavlovb

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I am reading a book called Murderous Medicine and it describes medicine during World War II when Nazi doctors would push forward Nazi fundamentalism and sterilization of Jews by death. Doctors during the Holocaust pushed for ghettos to be built in the pretext of typhus and other contagious diseases. What have we learned and can we truly believe that there is no racism in medicine today?
 
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Fun fact - The United States provided a large amount of literature for the foundation of the field of Eugenics back in the early 20th century which the Nazis then integrated into their "medical program".
 
Cypher321 said:
Fun fact - The United States provided a large amount of literature for the foundation of the field of Eugenics back in the early 20th century which the Nazis then integrated into their "medical program".
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We also took in Nazi scientists and doctors in Operation Paperclip, a fact that is never taught in schools and something I initially learned (in the days before Wikipedia and the internet) from a goddamned X-Files episode.
 
Man, Nazis are awesome(in medical field).
Point 1: They figured out that smoking can lead to lung cancer, saving millions of lives
Point 2: Pioneered the field of hypothermia, saving millions of lives
Point 3: Once again pioneered the field of sterilization, saving millions of lives

And Nazis weren't racist, they just didn't like religion.
 
GrantN said:
Man, Nazis are awesome(in medical field).
Point 1: They figured out that smoking can lead to lung cancer, saving millions of lives
Point 2: Pioneered the field of hypothermia, saving millions of lives
Point 3: Once again pioneered the field of sterilization, saving millions of lives

And Nazis weren't racist, they just didn't like religion.
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Or those damn gypsies...or homosexuals...or cripples...or mentally ******ed....etc
 
GrantN said:
Man, Nazis are awesome(in medical field).
Point 1: They figured out that smoking can lead to lung cancer, saving millions of lives
Point 2: Pioneered the field of hypothermia, saving millions of lives
Point 3: Once again pioneered the field of sterilization, saving millions of lives

And Nazis weren't racist, they just didn't like religion.
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:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

Your avatar really does you justice.
 
pavlovb said:
I am reading a book called Murderous Medicine and it describes medicine during World War II when Nazi doctors would push forward Nazi fundamentalism and sterilization of Jews by death. Doctors during the Holocaust pushed for ghettos to be built in the pretext of typhus and other contagious diseases. What have we learned and can we truly believe that there is no racism in medicine today?
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Other than the fact that a relatively small number of physicians, over 50 years ago, committed attrocities, do you have some reason to be so concerned?

Consider this:

Circa 1960, Racist =

Opposed to black people voting, belief that black people are inherently inferior, support of segregation, Jim Crow, etc.

Circa 2010, Racist =

Saying "black" instead of African American, not supporting Obama, not supporting Affirmative Action, being white, etc.

'nuff said.
 
Only in the minds of the mentally twisted. Or Limbaughites.
 
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