Shomatsu Yokoyama

Shomatsu Yokoyama
Born1913
Died1992
NationalityJapanese
Known forrefused to conduct medical experiments on humans
Scientific career
Fieldsphysicians

Shomatsu Yokoyama (横山 正松, Yokoyama Shōmatsu; 1913–1992) was a Japanese physician. During the Second World War, he disobeyed orders to conduct inhumane experiments on living human beings.[1]

References

  1. ^ Suenaga, Keiko (Sep 2008). "Shomatsu Yokoyama, a physiologist who refused to conduct experiments on living human bodies". Nihon Ishigaku Zasshi. Journal of Japanese History of Medicine. 54 (3). Japan: 239–48. ISSN 0549-3323. PMID 19244742.


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