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==Infamous experiments== | ==Infamous experiments== | ||
Latest revision as of 09:35, 5 November 2016
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Contents
Infamous experiments
Tuskegee syphilis experiment
- Full article: Tuskegee syphilis experiment
- Full article: Tuskegee syphilis experiment
In 1932 the U.S. Public Health Service set up the Tuskegee syphilis experiment, later controlled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which resulted in many deaths and denied its subjects treatment for syphilis.
Guatemala syphilis experiment
- Full article: Guatemala syphilis experiment
- Full article: Guatemala syphilis experiment
In 1946, a United States Public Health Service physician, John Charles Cutler began the U.S. government's syphilis experiments in Guatemala, in which Guatemalans were deliberately infected with syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases. This came to light after documents were discovered by Susan Mokotoff Reverby in 2005.
An event carried out
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Guatemala syphilis experiment | A murderous experiment which infected healthy subjects with syphilis, gonorrhea, chancroid and possibly other diseases. |
Event Planned
| Event | Start | End | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuskegee syphilis experiment | 1932 | 1972 | A murderous experiment which looked at the progression of syphilis. Subjects were told that they were being treated, while in fact treatment was denied them. Exposed after 40 years by a whistleblower who went to the press. |
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