A prison in the city of Philadelphia, United States of America is known as a medical trial over prisoners. 'Hotel prodeo' is inhabited by criminals on cases of violence, rape, and mass murder.
Prison built in 1896 is part of the City of Philadelphia Prison System used until 1995. In that time span from 1951 to 1974, the prison became a variety of experimental medicine that invites contradiction.
Site Baltimore Sun explained, inmates at the prison volunteer trials shampoo, foot powder, deodorant, and even tranquilizers and dioxins.
In the beginning, there was an outbreak of foot skin disease broke out in the prison, so a dermatologist Dr. Albert M. Kligman of the University of Pennsylvania are invited to check out. At that time he was like getting a prize within 1,200 people who were subjected to test try.
20 years later, Allen M. Hornblum, who was 23 years old and recently graduated S2 from Villanova University, decided to teach reading to prisoners in Philadelphia Detention Center. He found an astonishing fact that the state of the skin health of the inmates..
He then fought revealed defamation and fraud that occurred in the prison. The story is then poured in the book "Acres of Skin: Human Experiments at Holmesburg Prison; A True Story of Abuse and Exploitation in the Name of Medical Science '.
Apparently, rashes on the skin of the prisoners was not due to a fight in prison, but by chemicals in perfumes tested them in exchange for cash.
Various trials during the 20 years that involve toothpaste, deodorant, skin cream, detergent, liquid diet, eye drops, foot powder and hair dye made with biopsy constantly. Later, it was discovered trials using sedatives, radioactive isotopes and toxic dioxin used in chemical weapons.
However, Dr. Albert M. Kligman became very wealthy and famous as a qualified dermatologist in the city of Philadelphia. The doctor was admitted to not violate the rules and procedures in conducting all test try. Although the prisoners were those who bear his actions own..
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