1932–1972: Tuskegee Syphilis experiment, “the longest nontherapeutic experiment on human beings in the history of medicine,” continued

The “Monster Experiment” was conceived by and conducted under the supervision of Dr. Wendell Johnson, one of

In 1942, psychiatrists debated legalizing murder (“euthanasia”) at the American Psychiatric Association. Foster Kennedy, MD, advocated killing

A series of fiendish Hypothermia experiments subjected mental patients for prolonged periods to freezing temperatures. They were

Edward Cohn, MD, a Harvard biochemist injected 64 Massachusetts prisoners with beef blood in an experiment sponsored

1941–1945: U.S. Committee on Medical Research (CMR) was dedicated to wartime medicine; it funded and coordinated 137

US Army and State Department funded a crash program to develop new drugs against malaria. The largest

1945: “Sterilization of the Insane in the USA” a report in The Lancet based on information published

Syphilis experiments in Guatemala were funded by the US Public Health Service (PHS) and the National Institutes

1946: Congress passed the National Security Act; one of its provisions created the CIA. Most of CIA

1947–1953: U.S. Navy Project CHATTER focused on identifying and testing drugs for interrogations and recruitment of intelligence