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Mysteries and Histories - 111: Horrific medical research on HUMANS by US doctors | Guatemala Syphilis Study

111: Horrific medical research on HUMANS by US doctors | Guatemala Syphilis Study

07/17/23 • 41 min

Mysteries and Histories
Starting in the 1940s, American researchers travelled down to Guatemala to conduct a number of experiments around STD research. They said they intended to find a post-exposure prophylaxis, but ended up deliberately infecting over 1000 Guatemalan people with STDs... and didn't cure over half of them. How was this allowed to happen?
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Starting in the 1940s, American researchers travelled down to Guatemala to conduct a number of experiments around STD research. They said they intended to find a post-exposure prophylaxis, but ended up deliberately infecting over 1000 Guatemalan people with STDs... and didn't cure over half of them. How was this allowed to happen?

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