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The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment

Stuff You Should Know

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Study Background, Local Context, and Disease

Overview of the Tuskegee study, why Macon County was chosen, syphilis biology and stages, plus how participants were recruited and deceived into ‘treatment’ while cures were withheld.

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