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Acres Of Skin: Human Experiments At Holmesburg Prison
Author: Hornblum, Allen M.
Hardback; Book; Illustrations
320 pages
Published: May 1998
Taylor & Francis Books Ltd
ISBN: 0415919908

Uncovering yet another dark episode in American medical history, this disturbing account tells the story of Philadelphia's Holmesburg Prison where, for more than 20 years, inmates were used, in exchange for a few dollars, as guinea pigs in a host of medical experiments. of photos.From the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s, inmates of Holmesburg Prison, Philadelphia, were used as guinea pigs in a host of medical experiments. Based on interviews with dozens of prisoners, as well as doctors and prison officials, this account paints a portrait of abuse, moral indifference and greed.


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