May 21, 2015 1998: Doing Harm: Research on the Mentally Ill, a prize winning research expose by The Boston Globe In Read More
May 16, 2015 Immunocompromised children: what are their infectious risks from the unvaccinated?Posted by Meryl Nass, MD In the last few days there have been multiple news articles and Read More Immunocompromised children: what are their infectious risks from the unvaccinated?
May 13, 2015 2010–2014: RECESS, a Randomized Blood Experiment sacrificed patient safetyThe National Heart Blood and Lung Institute (NHBLI) has embarked on a far-ranging, dubious unethical experimental research Read More 2010–2014: RECESS, a Randomized Blood Experiment sacrificed patient safety
May 7, 2015 6th Century BC: Biblical Daniel’s Scientific ExperimentProbably few Bible scholars or scientists are aware that Daniel—the same Daniel who was cast into the Read More 6th Century BC: Biblical Daniel’s Scientific Experiment
May 7, 2015 5th Century B.C: Hippocratic OathThe Hippocratic medical ethics oath is attributed to Hippocrates, and was adopted as a guide to the Read More 5th Century B.C: Hippocratic Oath
May 7, 2015 30 BC: Cleopatra: Gender ExperimentIn the first century B.C. Cleopatra devised an experiment to test the accuracy of the theory that Read More 30 BC: Cleopatra: Gender Experiment
May 7, 2015 12th Century: Oath of Maimonides, Rabbi & Physician“The eternal providence has appointed me to watch over the life and health of Thy creatures. May Read More 12th Century: Oath of Maimonides, Rabbi & Physician
May 7, 2015 1714: Charles Maitland, SmallpoxDr. Maitland inoculated six prisoners with smallpox, promising them release from prison. (Read D. Wooton, Bad Medicine: Read More 1714: Charles Maitland, Smallpox
May 7, 2015 1796: Edward Jenner, smallpoxJenner used children to test a theory — based on folklore, not scientific evidence — that cowpox, Read More 1796: Edward Jenner, smallpox
May 7, 2015 1845–1849: J. Marion Sims, “the father of gynegology”J. Marion Sims performed multiple experimental surgeries on enslaved African women without the benefit of anesthesia. After Read More 1845–1849: J. Marion Sims, “the father of gynegology”
May 7, 2015 1880: Dr. Arnauer HensenDr. Armauer Hensen, a Norweigian microbiologist who discovered the bacterium that causes leprosy, having failed to grow Read More 1880: Dr. Arnauer Hensen
May 7, 2015 1885: Louis PasteurLouis Pasteur, a French chemist, microbiologist who laid the foundation for vaccines. After testing the rabies vaccine Read More 1885: Louis Pasteur
May 7, 2015 1896: Arthur Wentworth MDArthur Wentworth, MD, a pediatrician trained at Harvard Medical School, performed spinal taps on 29 babies and Read More 1896: Arthur Wentworth MD
May 7, 2015 1897: Giuseppe Sanarelli, MDGiuseppe Sanarelli, MD, Italian bacteriologist injects the bacillus causing yellow fever five patients without their consent. Three Read More 1897: Giuseppe Sanarelli, MD