Acres of Skin: Human Experiments at Holmesburg Prison : a Story of Abuse and Exploitation in the Name of Medical ScienceAt a time of increased interest and renewed shock over the Tuskegee syphilis experiments, Acres of Skin sheds light on yet another dark episode of American medical history. In this disturbing expose, Allen M. Hornblum tells the story of Philadelphia's Holmesburg Prison. |
Contents
The Money Was Good and the Money Was Easy Inmates recall life and experiments at Holmesburg Prison | 3 |
It Was Like a Farmer Seeing a Fertile Field Dr Albert M Kligman enters Holmesburg | 29 |
Theyre Dropping Like Flies Out Here History of US prisoner experimentation | 75 |
The Walls Seemed To Be Breathing The Army tests chemical warfare agents | 119 |
I Am Not Part of the Program Radioactive isotopes are introduces | 149 |
Danger This Material Is Extremely Toxic | 163 |
Where Are We Going To Do These Things Now? The slow demise of inmate experimentation | 187 |
RetinAs Birthplace Was at Holmesburg Prison The discovery of RetinA | 211 |
A Conspiracy of Silence Conclusion | 233 |
Acknowledgments | 245 |
Notes | 247 |
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Acres of Skin: Human Experiments at Holmesburg Prison : a True Story of ... Allen M. Hornblum No preview available - 1998 |
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