Case Studies

Question 1

Tuskegee Experiment

Answer 1

• free medical care was offered to help be checked for
• 600 men
• given aspirin and tonic
• sent away with free meal
• didn’t know they were a part of an experiment
• 2/3 had syphilis, can lead to dementia, blindness, death
• none were told, treated, warned, and none consented to take part
• experiment continued even after penicillin was created
• the surviving were give 25 dollars
• victims were payed around 10,000 dollars