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Unethical human experimentation is human experimentation that violates the principles of medical ethics. Such practices have included denying patients the right to informed consent, using pseudoscientific frameworks such as race science, and torturing people under the guise of research.
Researchers in the United States have performed thousands of human radiation experiments to determine the effects of ionizing radiation and radioactive contamination on the human body, generally on people who were poor, sick, or powerless.
Sep 26, 1980 · Human Experiments: Directed by Gregory Goodell. With Linda Haynes, Geoffrey Lewis, Ellen Travolta, Lurene Tuttle. A demented prison doctor performs gruesome shock therapy experiments on inmates.
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- Crime, Horror, Thriller
- Gregory Goodell
- 1980-09-26
- The Prison Doctor Who Did Testicular Transplants. From 1913 to 1951, eugenicist Leo Stanley was the chief surgeon at San Quentin State Prison, California’s oldest correctional institution.
- The Oncologist Who Injected Cancer Cells Into Patients and Prisoners. During the 1950s and 1960s, Sloan-Kettering Institute oncologist Chester Southam conducted research to learn how people’s immune systems would react when exposed to cancer cells.
- The Aptly Named ‘Monster Study’ Pioneering speech pathologist Wendell Johnson suffered from severe stuttering that began early in his childhood. His own experience motivated his focus on finding the cause, and hopefully a cure, for stuttering.
- The Dermatologist Who Used Prisoners As Guinea Pigs. One of the biggest breakthroughs in dermatology was the invention of Retin-A, a cream that can treat sun damage, wrinkles, and other skin conditions.
This paper gives the first results of a comprehensive evidence-based evaluation of the different categories of victims. Human experiments were more extensive than often assumed with a minimum of 15,754 documented victims. Experiments rapidly increased from 1942, reaching a high point in 1943.
- Paul Weindling, Anna von Villiez, Aleksandra Loewenau, Aleksandra Loewenau, Nichola Farron
- 10.1016/j.endeavour.2015.10.005
- 2016
- Endeavour. 2016 Mar; 40(1): 1-6.
Jul 30, 2019 · Experimenting with the living—animals and humans—is complex and sometimes dangerous. In their efforts to discover more about diseases and find effective treatments, doctors and researchers have put vulnerable and powerless patients at risk.
2 days ago · In our new BBC Radio 4 series, The Human Subject, we tell the stories of the most important medical experiments that you’ve never heard of. As a criminal psychologist, I want to understand the ...
