{"product_id":"subjected-to-science-human-experimentation-in-america-before-the-second-world-war-paperback","title":"Subjected to Science: Human Experimentation in America Before the Second World War - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusan E. Lederer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe first full-length history of biomedical research with human subjects in the period \"before Tuskegee\"--from 1890 to 1940\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLong before the U.S. government began conducting secret radiation and germ-warfare experiments, and long before the Tuskegee syphilis experiments, medical professionals had introduced--and hotly debated the ethics of--the use of human subjects in medical experiments. In \u003ci\u003eSubjected to Science\u003c\/i\u003e, Susan Lederer provides the first full-length history of biomedical research with human subjects in the earlier period, from 1890 to 1940.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLederer offers detailed accounts of experiments--benign and otherwise--conducted on both healthy and unhealthy men, women, and children, including the yellow fever experiments (which ultimately became the subject of a Broadway play and Hollywood film), Udo Wile's \"dental drill\" experiments on insane patients, and Hideyo Noguchi's syphilis experiments, which involved injecting a number of healthy children and adults with the syphilis germ, luetin. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eSusan E. Lederer \u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of the humanities at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center of the Pennsylvania State University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 8.96 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 07, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52241462067474,"sku":"9780801857096","price":52.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/2211\/5346\/files\/kyJuPycCRm9780801857096.webp?v=1777899552","url":"https:\/\/ckbookstore.net\/products\/subjected-to-science-human-experimentation-in-america-before-the-second-world-war-paperback","provider":"CK BOOKSTORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}