U.S. Public Health Service Syphilis Study : syphilis study at Tuskegee timeline

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office of Science.
• Description:
  In 1932, the USPHS, working with the Tuskegee Institute, began a study to record the natural history of syphilis. It was originally called the “Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male” (now referred to as the “USPHS Syphilis Study at Tuskegee”). The study initially involved 600 Black men – 399 with syphilis, 201 who did not have the disease. Participants’ informed consent was not collected. Researchers told the men they were being treated for “bad blood,” a local term used to describe several ailments, including syphilis, anemia, and fatigue. In exchange for taking part in the study, the men received free medical exams, free meals, and burial insurance.
• Subjects:
  Black Or African American Health Services History, 20th Century Human Experimentation Humans Syphilis/epidemiology Withholding Treatment
• Series:
  Syphilis Study at Tuskegee
• Document Type:
  Text
• Name as Subject:
  United States. Public Health Service. Syphilis Study at Tuskegee. ; United States. Public Health Service. Syphilis Study at Tuskegee.
• Genre:
  Chronology
• Place as Subject:
  Alabama
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/126007/cdc_126007_DS1.pdf
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