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The Purpose Of The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment

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The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment was a 40-year-old study from 1932 to 1972 in Macon county, Alabama on Africa America men. The purpose of the study was to learn the different side effects of untreated syphilis in Africa Americans; at that time there was no proven treatment for the disease. The experiment was conducted on a total of 600 African American men. Of this group 399, who had syphilis were a part of the experimental group and 201 were control subjects. Most of the men were poor and illiterate and Researchers from the Tuskegee Institute offered these men the deal of their life, which was free medical care, survivors insurance, rides to and from the institute, meals on examination days, and free treatment for minor ailments

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