CPS Unit Number 115-18
Camp: 115
Unit ID: 18
Title: University of Minnesota
Operating agency: OSRD
Opened: 10 1943
Closed: 10 1946
Workers
Total number of workers who worked in this camp: 75
Summary:
CPS Unit No. 115, subunit 18, located at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota, subjected COs to experiments in thiamine/starvation.
Dr. Ancel Keys directed this OSRD thiamine/starvation project to check cerebral blood flow (?) as part of the Minnesota Experiment discussed in subunit 17. The project sponsored by the Laboratory of Physical Hygiene at the University of Minnesota with oversight from the Brethren Service Committee, could accommodate up to forty men, drawn from the participating group of volunteers.
Location:
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States