I am truly blessed to have lived to see man-made horrors perfectly within my comprehension.
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Some of the best scientific discoveries (not the ones found by accident like antibiotics) are found through abuse of animals or people.
But also, some of the most useless research in history was conducted through abuse of animals or people (Unit 731).
Isn't Unit 731 the leading source of research on how frostbite works though? That was pretty valuable... horrifying as the means of acquisition that is.
No, I don't think so. The US gambled on the value of the research and pardoned key members of the unit, but realized it was a bust when almost nothing was gained.
There has never been a shortage of frostbite cases to treat outside of purely experimental contexts (mountaineers, etc), so I don't see the advantage of deliberately creating them.
No, that was the Nazis. They learned how to treat hypothermia during the war. iirc they eventually shared the knowledge with the British.
They did NOT tell them how they figured it out. Yes, it was as bad as you can imagine.