A. Absolutely not.
Q. Could they have been planned differently?
A. I couldn’t imagine how.
Q. Were these experiments in the interests of active warfare, or in the interests of the care of shipwrecked sailors or soldiers?
A. The latter.
Q. In other words, for aviators and sailors who were shipwrecked or might be shipwrecked?
A. Towards the end of the war there was an increase in the number of pilots shot down as well as of shipwrecked personnel, and it was, therefore, the duty of the hygiene department concerned to consider the question of how one could best deal with such cases of shipwrecked personnel; that was the reason for this conference. Previously Schaefer, as we heard yesterday, had recommended that no liquid should be taken. When, together with I. G. Farben, he succeeded in eliminating salt and bitter salt from sea-water through Wofatit, the problem was really solved scientifically. There were, however, considerable technical difficulties, and it isn’t exactly simple to equip each flier with so much Wofatit in addition to everything else he has to carry in order to protect him against the danger of shipwreck. That is no doubt why Eppinger and Heubner were in favor of the experiment, and it was unfortunate that Mr. Berka appeared with Berkatit at the same time, and impressed the technicians because his method was more simple and cheaper.
Q. Professor, was there any reason to expect symptoms of injury which might appear later than 10 days after the end of the experiment?
A. It was entirely out of the question, even after the seventh day. Later injury is out of the question, because the duration of the experiments is too short.
Q. To what do you attribute the loss of weight during such experiments?