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Author Jones, James H. (James Howard), 1943- author.

Title Bad blood : the Tuskegee syphilis experiment / James H. Jones.

Imprint New York : Free Press ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell McMillan International, [1993]
Descript xv, 297 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents "A moral astigmatism" -- "A notoriously syphilis-soaked race" -- "Disease germs are the most democratic creatures in the world" -- "Holding high Wasserman in the marketplace" -- "The dr. ain't taking sticks" -- "Buying ear muffs for the hottentots" -- "It will either cover us with mud or glory" -- "Last chance for special free treatment" -- "Bringing them to autopsy" -- "The joy of my life" -- "Even at risk of shortening life" -- "Nothing learned will prevent, find, or cure a single case" -- "I ain't never understood the study" -- "AIDS : is it genocide?"
Note Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Summary "The modern classic of race and medicine updated with an additional chapter on the Tuskegee Experiment's legacy in the age of AIDS"--Front cover.
Subject Tuskegee Syphilis Study.
Human experimentation in medicine -- Alabama -- Macon County -- History.
Syphilis -- Research -- Alabama -- Macon County -- History.
Syphilis -- Alabama -- Macon County -- History.
African American men -- Diseases -- Alabama -- Macon County -- History.
AIDS (Disease) -- United States.
HIV/AIDS.
STDs.
Alt Author Tuskegee Institute.
ISBN 0029166756
9780029166758
9780029166765
0029166764
LC CARD # 92034818