Tuskegee Syphilis Study Part 1: The Lie

Mike tells Sarah about the longest "non-therapeutic" experiment in medical history. Digressions include deep fried ice cream, Kato Kaelin and a hot-yoga cabinet. As a warning, this episode contains long quotes from eugenic memos and detailed descriptions of medical racism. We promise to do a happier episode soon. Huge thanks to Susan Reverby, Vanessa Northington Gamble and Lillian Head for helping Mike with the research for this episode! Support us:Subscribe on PatreonDonate on PaypalBuy cute merch Links! Under the Shadow of Tuskegee: African Americans and Health Care Examining Tuskegee: The Infamous Syphilis Study and Its Legacy Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present The Tuskegee Syphilis Study: Medical Research versus Human Rights Rethinking the Tuskegee Syphilis Study: Nurse Rivers, Silence and the Meaning of Treatment “There Wasn't a Lot of Comforts in Those Days:” African Americans, Public Health, and the 1918 Influenza Epidemic The Study Of Untreated Syphilis In The Negro Male Nurse Eunice Rivers: Marching to Doctor's Orders in the Tuskegee Syphilis Study…