Nuremberg Code

Nuremberg Code

1. The Nuremberg Code is a set of research ethics principles for human experimentation set as a result of the Subsequent Nuremberg Trials at the end of the Second World War.

   • GOOD FOR SOCIETY
   • VOLUNTARY CONSENT OF HUMANS
   • AVOID UNNECESSARY PHYSICAL AND MENTAL SUFFERING AND INJURY

2. Nazi Human Experimentation

   • EXPERIMENT ON TWINS
   • Bone, muscle, and nerve transplantation experiments
   • Freezing experiments
   • MALARIA EXPERIMENTS
   • Mustard gas experiments
   • Sulfonamide experiments