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    Default Re: US medical research infects 1500 Guatemalans with syphilis & STDs in 1946

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    Default Re: US medical research infects 1500 Guatemalans with syphilis & STDs in 1946

    Something similar was done to African-Americans early last century IIRC. They were testing a treatment and wanted to document the full effects of the disease. So they gave one group the treatment and one the placebo.
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