Secret Diaries of Hitlers Doctors
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“The Secret Diaries of Hitlers Doctor”
David Irvings “The Secret Diaries of Hitlers Doctor,” was published in New York, N.Y. and published in 1983, this book has a total of 310 pages.
David Irving is the author of the book “The Secret Diaries of Hitlers Doctor”. He is also the author of thirty books pertaining to Hitlers reign such as, The Destruction of Dresden (1963), Hitlers War (1977), Uprising (1981), Churchills War (1987), and Goebbels – Mastermind of the Third Reich (1996. David Irving has an extensive background when it comes to European history. Although his credibility took a big hit when there was some controversy surrounding his Holocaust denial. An English court would later find him as “an active Holocaust denier that he is anti-Semitic and racist and that he also associates with right-wing extremist who promotes neo-Nazism.” He would later be convicted and sentenced to three years in an Austrian prison for his comments in a speech and interview.
David Irving used a lot of credible sources in his book entitled “The Secret Diaries of Hitlers Doctor,” two that stands out in particular is Dr. Morell and Dr. Giesing. He was Hitlers top doctor he employed on his staff. Dr. Morell was licensed as a general practitioner in Germany long before he met Hitler. Since he used to help cure a lot of Jewish people during that time he was often mistaken. Hitler hired him on the basis of his resume due to fact he studied under Nobel Prize-winning bacteriologist IIya Mechnikov, and also taught at numerous universities. Although Dr. Morell was deemed as a quack he remained his chief doctor. The majority of the entries of the book came directly from his notes. “Double glucose and 10 cc of Septoiod plus Testoviron, Vitamultin-forte, GlyconormД (183)This is a prime example of Dr. Morells direct quote from notes, and incorporated into this book.
David Irving uses Dr. Giesings work as a great source as well as to complement, and or added more credibility to his book. Dr. Giesing was a far better doctor than Dr. Morell, they would use him in a sense to double check diagnosis Morell would give. Dr. Giesing was in fact the best doctor on his staff. He wrote notes in the diary as well as Morell, Giesing was renowned as the better doctor. “In 1936, when my circulation and stomach rebelled…I called at Morells private office. After a superficial examination…Morell prescribed for me his intestinal bacteria, dextrose, vitamins, and hormone tablets.” “For safetys sake I afterward had a thorough examination by Dr. Giesing and diagnosed me with something different.”(189) Statements of that caliber adds to the credibility of Dr. Giesing, and also makes him a great resource.
The chapter “The Relationship,” Irving explains the relationship in which Hitler had with Dr. Morell his top chief doctor. According to Irving, Dr. Morell was not popular in Hitlers inner circle. Hitler as well as the other doctors didnt care for him as much. They couldnt tolerate the way he ate neither smelled. Irving describes his eating tactics, equivalent to “a pig at a trough.” His other doctors could not explain why Dr. Morell persisted on prescribing Hitler all of these different medications. Dr. Morells unexplainable actions yielded why no one really cared for him.
The chapter “I was never ill” this section explains Hitlers early medical conditions Dr. Giesing wrote. “He had an old, nonirritating bean-sized oval-shaped deeply furrowed World War I scar in the middle of the exterior (pg. 24).” Hitler wrote in his diary that he was never ill. Throughout the course of his life he has continued to deny having any medical problems.
The chapter “The Treatment” is a very interesting chapter. Dr. Morell made a bold comment to one of his counterparts. “Hitler wrote he was never ill, if that were the case why must I amass such an arsenal of medicine to treat him (pg 60).” The chapter goes as far to say, Dr. Morell often would prescribe new medicines and usually an under dose to be on the safe side. If the side-effects were unpleasant they would conduct more tests on animals.
The chapter “Brain Fever” This section explains when Hitler had a severe Brain Fever aka “Russian Headache” Morell said “almost daily the fuehrer would complain about terrible headaches.” Dr. Morell would go into great detail how they would treat him. Depending upon where the pain is coming from, would determine where they put a leech at.
The chapter Dr. Morells Business Empire explains how Dr. Morell made a fortune of treating Hitler. Irving explains how and how much Reichsmarks he was getting paid. For example Dr. Morell was paid from 300,000 RM from 1937 through 1940. The Reich Chancery transferred to his bank account 5,000 RM each month (pg 73). This chapter gives one a synopsis of his financial background. He also went into other financial endeavors such as, creating an enormous business processing