In the experiment, there were 44 experimental subjects who were subject to four different test groups: no water, sea water, sea water processed by the Berka method (Berka method was devised to test whether such liquids given as the only supply of fluid could cause severe physical disturbance or death within six to twelve days), sea water without salt. In order to gather data, the subjects were given either liver or spinal cord punctures. The subjects were given unaltered sea water and sea water whose taste was camouflaged as their sole source of fluid. As a result, victims experienced intense pain and internal damage. They were so dehydrated that others observed them licking freshly mopped floors in an attempt to get drinkable water.
Many of the subjects who received some type of sea water ended up suffering excruciating torture, diarrhea, convulsions, …show more content…
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