Wentworth
Institute of Technology
Useful bodies : humans in the service of medical science in the twentieth century /
Though notoriously associated with Germany, human experimentation in the name of science has been practiced in other countries, as well, both before and after the Nazi era. The use of unwitting or unwilling subjects in experiments designed to test the effects of radiation and disease on the human bo...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2003.
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Full text (Wentworth users only) |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Though notoriously associated with Germany, human experimentation in the name of science has been practiced in other countries, as well, both before and after the Nazi era. The use of unwitting or unwilling subjects in experiments designed to test the effects of radiation and disease on the human body emerged at the turn of the twentieth century, when the rise of the modern, coercive state and the professionalization of medical science converged. Useful Bodies explores the intersection of government power and medical knowledge in revealing studies of human experimentation--germ warfare and jaundice tests in Great Britain; radiation, malaria, and hepatitis experiments in the U.S.; and nuclear fallout trials in Australia. These examples of medical abuse illustrate the extent to which living human bodies have been "useful" to democratic states and emphasize the need for intense scrutiny and regulation to prevent future violations. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 217 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780801881572 0801881579 9780801873423 0801873428 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |