U.S. apologizes for syphilis experiment in Guatemala | Reuters
1. Give inmates penicillin
2. Find some syphillis infected prostitutes and let the inmates use them
3. See if penicillin prevented syphillis
4. Continue to conduct experiments on the infected inmates without really treating them
5. Fast forward 12 years
6. Let the same researcher run the Tuskegee study
It's interesting that we only find out today. Once the Tuskegee thing went down I would have expected people to go through this researcher's prior work to find out where else he was making poor ethical choices.
1. Give inmates penicillin
2. Find some syphillis infected prostitutes and let the inmates use them
3. See if penicillin prevented syphillis
4. Continue to conduct experiments on the infected inmates without really treating them
5. Fast forward 12 years
6. Let the same researcher run the Tuskegee study
It's interesting that we only find out today. Once the Tuskegee thing went down I would have expected people to go through this researcher's prior work to find out where else he was making poor ethical choices.