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From 1932 to 1972, the United States Public Health Service conducted a non-therapeutic experiment involving over 400 black male sharecroppers infected with syphilis. The Tuskegee Study had nothing to do with treatment. It purpose was to trace the spontaneous evolution of the disease in order... read more
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First Sentence edit
In late July of 1972, Jean Heller of the Associated Press broke the story: for forty years the United States Public Health Service (PHS) had been conducting a study of the effects of untreated syphilis on black men in Macon County, Alabama, in and around the county seat of Tuskegee.
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- James H. Jones (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Free Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1981
ISBN: 978-0029166765
Page Count: 272
Publisher: Free Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1981
ISBN: 978-0029166765
Page Count: 272
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- Dewey: 174.280976149
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