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The Henry E. Sigerist Series in the History of Medicine Ser.: Subjected to Science : Human Experimentation in America Before the Second World War by Susan E. Lederer (1997, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherJohns Hopkins University Press

ISBN-100801857090

ISBN-139780801857096

eBay Product ID (ePID)176917

Product Key Features

Number of Pages216 Pages

Publication NameSubjected to Science : Human Experimentation in America before the Second World War

LanguageEnglish

SubjectEthics, Military / World War II, Research, History

Publication Year1997

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaMedical, History

AuthorSusan E. Lederer

SeriesThe Henry E. Sigerist Series in the History of Medicine Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight11.5 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width7.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition20

Reviews"" Subjected to Science is essential reading for anyone concerned with clinical research public policy and attitudes."", "Lederer's writing is crisp and clear, her historical documentation is exhaustive, and her social commentary persuasive. This book is an important addition to the growing literature on the history of human experimentation and medical research."-- New England Journal of Medicine, Lederer's writing is crisp and clear, her historical documentation is exhaustive, and her social commentary persuasive. This book is an important addition to the growing literature on the history of human experimentation and medical research., Subjected to Science is essential reading for anyone concerned with clinical research public policy and attitudes., "Essential reading for anyone concerned with clinical research public policy and attitudes." -- Norman M. Goldfarb, Journal of Clinical Research Best Practices

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal174/.28

Table Of ContentList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. "The Sacred Cord": Doctors, Patients, and Medical Research Chapter 2. The Charge of Human Vivisection Chapter 3. The American Medical Association and the Defense of Research Chapter 4. Rules for Research: Human Experimentation and the AMA Code of Ethics Chapter 5. "Your Dog and Your Baby": The Continuing Campaign Against Human Vivisection Chapter 6. Heroes and Martyrs: Human Experimentation in an Age of Medical Progress Epilogue Appendix Notes Bibliographic Essay Index

SynopsisLong 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 Subjected to Science, Susan Lederer provides the first full-length history of biomedical research with human subjects in the earlier period, from 1890 to 1940. Lederer 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., Long 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 Subjected to Science, Susan Lederer provides the first full-length history of ......, The first full-length history of biomedical research with human subjects in the period "before Tuskegee"--from 1890 to 1940 Long 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 Subjected to Science , Susan Lederer provides the first full-length history of biomedical research with human subjects in the earlier period, from 1890 to 1940. Lederer 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., Long 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 Subjected to Science , Susan Lederer provides the first full-length history of biomedical research with human subjects in the earlier period, from 1890 to 1940. Lederer 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.

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