Tuskegee Experiment
The Tuskegee Experiment Before we speak on the Tuskegee Experiment, I feel there are some questions that should be asked. ... These answers will become important in helping you understand the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment- a tragedy of race and medicine. ... The germ that causes syphilis, the stages of the disease’s development and the complications that can result from untreated syphilis were all known to medical science in 1932- the year the Tuskegee study began. ... The Tuskegee Study involved a substantial number of Black men: 399 who had syphilis and an additional 201 who were free of disease chosen to serve as controls. ... The Tuskegee Study had nothing to do with treatment. It was a non-therapeutic experiment aimed at compiling data on the effects of the spontaneous evolution of syphilis in Black males. ... And throughout the nation, including Alabama, the PHS pushed for syphilis treatment programs, but not for the men of Tuskegee. ... In the 1960’s a young epidemiologist learned of the experiment and tried to have it exposed to no avail. ... Even though the Tuskegee Experiment began over 70 years ago and ended just over 30, the echoes of Tuskegee still today.