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U.S. Public Health Service study, 1932-72, that followed men with syphilis in Macon County, Alabama, without their informed consent and, from the 1940s, without offering them penicillin.
1932–1972
Untreated Syphilis Study at Tuskegee. U.S. Public Health Service study, 1932-72, that followed men with syphilis in Macon County, Alabama, without their informed consent and, from the 1940s, without offering them penicillin.
1932–1972
Tuskegee Institute intervened in Untreated Syphilis Study at Tuskegee. Cooperated with the Public Health Service.
6 Feb 1969
1969 review of the Tuskegee study, part of Untreated Syphilis Study at Tuskegee.
10 Sep 1970
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intervened in Untreated Syphilis Study at Tuskegee. In a 1970 memo its Assistant Chief of the Venereal Disease Branch, Dr. James Lucas, wrote that nothing learned would prevent, find or cure a single case of infectious syphilis.
1972–1973
Tuskegee Syphilis Study Ad Hoc Advisory Panel intervened in Untreated Syphilis Study at Tuskegee. Reviewed the study; advised stopping it in October 1972.
Untreated Syphilis Study at Tuskegee, located in Tuskegee, Alabama.
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