d. Evidence
| Prosecution Documents | |||
| Pros. Ex. | |||
| Doc. No. | No. | Description of Document | Page |
| NO-201 | 290 | Report from Mrugowsky to the Criminological Institute, 12 September 1944, concerning experiments with aconitine nitrate projectiles. | [635] |
| Testimony | |||
| Extract from the testimony of prosecution witness Dr. Eugen Kogon | [637] | ||
PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NO-201
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 290
REPORT FROM MRUGOWSKY TO THE CRIMINOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, 12 SEPTEMBER 1944, CONCERNING EXPERIMENTS WITH ACONITINE NITRATE PROJECTILES
| Reich Physician SS and Police | Berlin-Zehlendorf 6, |
| The Chief Hygienist | 12 September 1944 |
| Journal No.: Secret 364/44 Dr. Mru./Eb. | Spanische Allee 10-12 |
| Top Secret | |
| Subject: Experiments with aconitine nitrate projectiles | |
| To the Criminological Institute | [Stamp] |
| attn: Dr. Widmann | |
| Berlin | Criminological Institute |
| Department: Chemistry | |
| received: 13 Sep 1944 | |
| Journal No. g 53/44 | |
| in charge: | |
In the presence of SS Sturmbannfuehrer Dr. Ding, Dr. Widmann, and the undersigned, experiments with aconitine nitrate projectiles were conducted on 11 September 1944 on 5 persons who had been condemned to death. The projectiles in question were of a 7.65 mm. caliber, filled with crystallized poison. The experimental subjects, in a lying position, were each shot in the upper part of the left thigh. The thighs of two of them were cleanly shot through. Even afterwards, no effect of the poison was to be observed. These two experimental subjects were therefore exempted.
The entrance of the projectile did not show any peculiarities. Evidently the arteria femoralis of one of the subjects were injured. A slight stream of blood issued from the wound. But the bleeding stopped after a short time. The loss of blood was estimated as having been at the most ¾ of a liter, and consequently was on no account fatal.
The symptoms of the condemned three showed a surprising similarity. At first no peculiarities appeared. After 20 to 25 minutes a motor agitation and a slight ptyalism set in, but stopped again. After 40 to 45 minutes a stronger salivation set in. The poisoned persons swallowed repeatedly, but later the flow of saliva became so strong that it could not even be overcome by swallowing. Foamy saliva flowed from their mouths. Then choking and vomiting set in.
After 58 minutes the pulse of two of them could no longer be felt. The third had a pulse rate of 76. After 65 minutes his blood pressure was 90/60. The sounds were extremely low. A reduction of blood pressure was evident.