HLTB21H3 : HLTA01 - Chapter 12
13 Jan 2013
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Denied access to treatment even after use of penicillin in 1947. 28 deaths from syphilis; 100 deaths with complications; 40 wives infected; 19 children contracted disease at birth. Tuskegee syphilis study designed to document natural history of syphilis, but came to symbolize racism in medicine, ethical misconduct in medical research, paternalism by physicians, and gov"t abuse of society"s most vulnerable (poor and uneducated) Surviving participants in the study were invited to the white house where bill clinton admitted to the study and asked for forgiveness may 16, 1997. 1996 00th anniversary of arrival of syphilis great pox". 1493 and onward spread the europe and the rest of the world (china, india, japan) Claim brought to naples by spanish troops: troops contracted disease with lead to their withdrawal against french king. Charles viii: soldiers of charles were infected by neapolitan women. Disease became epidemic after 5 years in europe. Considered to be the aids of that era.
