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  1. Tuskegee Experiment: The Infamous Syphilis Study - HISTORY

    The Tuskegee experiment began in 1932, at a time when there was no known cure for syphilis, a contagious venereal disease. After being recruited by the promise of free medical care, 600...

  2. Tuskegee Syphilis Study - Wikipedia

    In the study, investigators enrolled 600 impoverished African-American sharecroppers from Macon County, Alabama. [4] Of these men, 399 had latent syphilis, with a control group of 201 men who were not infected. [3] As an incentive for participation in the study, the men were promised free medical care.

  3. Tuskegee Syphilis Study - Encyclopedia of Alabama

    Tuskegee Syphilis Victims From 1932 to 1972, the U.S. government sponsored the nation's longest-running public health experiment in and around Tuskegee, Macon County.

  4. About the USPHS Syphilis Study - Tuskegee University

    About the USPHS Syphilis Study. Where the Study Took Place. The study took place in Macon County, Alabama, the county seat of Tuskegee referred to as the "Black Belt" because of its rich soil and vast number of black sharecroppers who were the economic backbone of the region.

  5. The Untreated Syphilis Study at Tuskegee Timeline

    The Untreated Syphilis Study at Tuskegee was conducted between 1932 and 1972 to observe the natural history of untreated syphilis. Learn more about the history of the Untreated Syphilis Study at Tuskegee and its impact on public health and culture.

  6. Tuskegee syphilis study | US Government Experiment, African ...

    Tuskegee syphilis study, American medical research project that earned notoriety for its unethical experimentation on African American patients in the rural South. The project, which was conducted by the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) from 1932 to 1972, examined the natural course of untreated.

  7. Tuskegee Syphilis Study: How Americans Learned What ... - TIME

    On July 25, 1972, the public learned that, over the course of the previous 40 years, a government medical experiment conducted in the Tuskegee, Ala., area had allowed hundreds of...

  8. Public Health Service Study of Untreated Syphilis at Tuskegee ...

    In 1932, 399 African American men in Tuskegee and Macon County, Alabama were enrolled in a Public Health Service study on the long-term effects of untreated syphilis. At that time, there was no cure for syphilis, though many ineffective and often harmful treatments, such as arsenic, were used.

  9. 40 Years of Human Experimentation in America: The Tuskegee Study

    Starting in 1932, 600 African American men from Macon County, Alabama were enlisted to partake in a scientific experiment on syphilis. The “Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male,” was conducted by the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) and involved blood tests, x-rays, spinal taps and autopsies of the subjects.

  10. Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment - Equal Justice Initiative

    In 1932, the United States Public Health Service launched an experiment in Macon County, Alabama, to observe untreated syphilis. They enlisted 600 black men, 399 of whom had syphilis, by concealing the experiment’s purpose and the infected men’s diagnosis.