Module 5 Presentations

05/07/2024

Tuskegee Syphilis Study 1932-1972 (2)

• 28 died due to primary disease • 100 died due to complications • 40 wives infected • 19 children with inherited syphilis

The study finished when in 1972 it was brought to public attention by newspapers.

What was wrong in this study?

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Tuskegee Syphilis Study (1932-1972)

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Harvard Radiation test (1946-1956)

• Experiments performed on 19 mentally disabled boys who were fed radioactive milk to study the body's ability to digest minerals (radioactive forms of iron and calcium). • By scientists from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

• Neither boys nor their parents were informed. • They did not give informed consent .

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Harvard Radiation test (1946-1956)

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