Tuskegee Syohilis Experiment
OUTLINE October 17,2003 1:00-2:00 MWF GENERAL PURPOSE: to inform SPECIFIC PURPOSE: to inform the audience of the incident known as the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment. THESIS: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment was a study meant to discover how syphilis affected blacks as opposed to whites and the deceit used to endure the study - the theory being that whites experienced more neurological complications whereas blacks were more susceptible to cardiovascular damage. ... Today, I am going to tell you about a medical study known as the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment. ... Public Health Service (PHS) conducted and experiment on 399 black men in the late stages of syphilis. ... The data for the experiment was to be collected from autopsies of the men, and they were thus deliberately left to degenerate under the ravages of tertiary syphilis - which can include tumors, heart disease, paralysis, blindness, insanity, and death. ... The blame cannot be place solely on white government officials, but shared with black individuals also associated with this experiment. ... This experiment was a study on how syphilis affected blacks as opposed to whites and the deceit used to ensure the development of the study. ... First, I will explain to you what the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment is. Second, I will go over methods used to find volunteers for the experiment. ... (First, let’s talk about what the Tuskegee institute is) Body 1.