Just curious about whether any of his work was actually deemed viable and useful after WW2 or it was all just deemed the work of a madman and discredited.
Rascher's hypothermia data has been used. Dr. Robert Pozos from the University of Minnesota of Medicine at Duluth used it when he was investigating how best to rewarm hypothermia patients. Dr. John Hayward also used it to develop cold water survival suits.
sources:
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/naziexp.html http://www.qcc.cuny.edu/socialsciences/ppecorino/medical_ethics_text/Chapter_7_Human_Experimentation/Reading-Nazi-experimentation.htm http://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/21/us/nazi-scientists-and-ethics-of-today.html