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For the Good of Mankind?

The Shameful History of Human Medical Experimentation

For the Good of Mankind?( 1 customer ratings | )
Author: Oransky Wittenstein, Vicki
ISBN:978-1-4677-0659-9
Publication Date:Aug 2013
Publisher:Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint:Twenty-First Century Books
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $35.99
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Experiment: A child is deliberately infected with the deadly smallpox disease without his parents' informed consent. Result: The world's first vaccine. Experiment: A slave woman is forced to undergo more than thirty operations without anesthesia. Result: The beginnings of modern gynecology. Incidents like these paved the way for crucial, lifesaving medical discoveries. But they also harmed and humiliated their test subjects. How do doctors balance the need...
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Book Details
Pages:96
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / Health & Daily Living / General
Book Weight:1 Pounds



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