{"product_id":"9783032247704","title":"The Leopard Lily Project A Story of Nazi Pseudoscience","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Leopard Lily Project\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Story of Nazi Pseudoscience\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eEdzard Ernst\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eMedical \/ History\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eThis book tells the bewildering tale of one of the most insidious, yet almost forgotten crimes against humanity planned by the Nazis during the Third Reich. Soon after taking power in 1933, the Nazis introduced a program of involuntary sterilization of those German citizens who they considered unworthy of reproduction. These were predominantly, but not exclusively, people afflicted with hereditary diseases. Doctors were required to register with newly established health courts every known case of hereditary illness, including genetic blindness and deafness, manic depression, schizophrenia, epilepsy, congenital feeble-mindedness, Huntington’s chorea, and alcoholism. Common sterilization methods at the time required long recovery periods and often resulted in death, so when an Austrian dermatologist wrote to Himmler proposing that sterilization of 3 million Bolsheviks could be carried out with the South American plant Leopard Lily (\u003cem\u003edieffenbachia seguine seguinum\u003c\/em\u003e, or dumb bane), Himmler, who was easily impressed by quacks, had his interest piqued. To connect the various strands of this complex story, this book explores Nazi ideology, their fascination with alternative medicine, particularly herbal medicine, and Himmler and his inclination towards pseudoscience, as well as other key individuals. Anyone with an interest in alternative medicine and pseudoscience, medical ethics, the history of medicine, or the Nazi regime will learn much from this previously untold story.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eEdzard Ernst was born in 1948 and received his education in Germany and the United States. He studied psychology and medicine at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, qualifying as a physician in 1977 and completing both his MD and PhD degrees there.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHe subsequently served as Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR) at Hannover Medical School in Germany and later as Head of the PMR Department at the University of Vienna in Austria. In 1993, he joined the University of Exeter, where he established the world’s first Chair in Complementary Medicine. Since 2012, he has been Emeritus Professor at the University of Exeter and currently resides in Cambridge, UK, and Brittany, France.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eErnst is the founder and former Editor‑in‑Chief of three medical journals—\u003cem\u003eFocus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEuropean Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePerfusion\u003c\/em\u003e. He has been a columnist for numerous publications, including the \u003cem\u003eBMJ\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSkeptic Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eL’Express\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDer Spiegel\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDie Welt\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eDer Standard\u003c\/em\u003e. His work has been recognized with 17 scientific awards, most recently the John Maddox Prize (2015) and the Ockham Award (2017), and he has held Visiting Professorships in Canada and the United States. From 1994 to 2005, he served on the Medicines Commission of the UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHe has published more than 1,000 scientific papers (current H‑Index: 154), over 50 books, translated into more than a dozen languages, and more than 100 book chapters. He also authors a widely read blog (edzardernst.com). Over the course of his career, he has delivered more than 700 invited lectures worldwide, supervised more than 50 MD and PhD theses, and served as an expert witness in numerous legal cases.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e21 July 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032247704\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e101\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46803330859148,"sku":"9783032247704","price":22.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032247704.jpg?v=1781088828","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783032247704","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}