http://www.bloggernews.net/116318 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:25:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.bloggernews.net/116318#comment-964426 R. Clarke Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:39:10 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/116318#comment-964426 My Great-grandfather was a victim of the Tuskegee study and your facts are incorrect. The men were exploited. For forty years.. even after the development penicillin in 1947, the cure for syphilis -- participants in the study were denied medical care for the disease. During world world II. 250 of the men in the study registered for the draft and were ordered to get get treatment only to have the the Macon County, Alabama Health Service exempt them from treatment. Try reading "Bad Blood" The Tuskegee Syphillis Experiment by James H. Jones or "The Tuskegee Syphillis Study" by Fred Gray who was the Civil Rights Attorney that represented the men in the case. My Great-grandfather was a victim of the Tuskegee study and your facts are incorrect. The men were exploited. For forty years.. even after the development penicillin in 1947, the cure for syphilis — participants in the study were denied medical care for the disease. During world world II. 250 of the men in the study registered for the draft and were ordered to get get treatment only to have the the Macon County, Alabama Health Service exempt them from treatment. Try reading “Bad Blood” The Tuskegee Syphillis Experiment by James H. Jones or “The Tuskegee Syphillis Study” by Fred Gray who was the Civil Rights Attorney that represented the men in the case.

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