SS Sturmbannfuehrer
11 Apr 43:
Preliminary Experiment C:
To determine a sure means of infection, experiments with fresh blood from persons stricken with typhus were made. Infection took place as follows:
3 persons—2 cc. each of fresh blood intravenously.
2 persons—2 cc. each of fresh blood intramuscularly.
2 persons—2 cc. each of fresh blood subcutaneously.
2 persons—after scarification.
2 persons—with a vaccinating scalpel cutaneously.
Those infected intravenously contracted typical, serious typhus and died from failure of the circulatory system. The other experimental subjects complained only of minor discomfort, without becoming hospital cases.