Human experiments

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731
>Prisoners had limbs amputated in order to study blood loss. Those limbs that were removed were sometimes re-attached to the opposite sides of the body.

What exactly is the point of reattached limbs to the opposite side of the body? I've read about the Germans doing that too in their experiments.

Also human experimentation thread.