Description
Book SynopsisIn this text the author provides a history of biomedical research on human subjects in the US from 1890 to 1940. She offers accounts of experiments conducted on both healthy and unhealthy adults and children including the yellow fever experiments and "dental drill" experiments on insane patient.
Trade ReviewLederer's writing is crisp and clear, her historical documentation is exhaustive, and her social commentary persuasive. This book is an important addition to the growing literature on the history of human experimentation and medical research. New England Journal of Medicine Essential reading for anyone concerned with clinical research public policy and attitudes. -- Norman M. Goldfarb Journal of Clinical Research Best Practices 2006
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. "The Sacred Cord": Doctors, Patients, and Medical Research
Chapter 2. The Charge of Human Vivisection
Chapter 3. The American Medical Association and the Defense of Research
Chapter 4. Rules for Research: Human Experimentation and the AMA Code of Ethics
Chapter 5. "Your Dog and Your Baby": The Continuing Campaign Against Human Vivisection
Chapter 6. Heroes and Martyrs: Human Experimentation in an Age of Medical Progress
Epilogue
Appendix
Notes
Bibliographic Essay
Index
