Tuskegee Syphilis Study Part 1: The Lie

<p>Mike tells Sarah about the longest "non-therapeutic" experiment in medical history. Digressions include deep fried ice cream, Kato Kaelin and a hot-yoga cabinet. As a warning, this episode contains long quotes from eugenic memos and detailed descriptions of medical racism. We promise to do a happier episode soon. <br><br>Huge thanks to Susan Reverby, Vanessa Northington Gamble and Lillian Head for helping Mike with the research for this episode! <br><br>Support us:<br><a href="http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout">Subscribe on Patreon</a><br><a href="https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/ywapodcast"><span style="background-color: highlight;">Donate on Paypal</span></a><br><a href="https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about?ref_id=10420">Buy cute merch</a><br><br></p><p>Links!</p><ul><li><a href="https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdfplus/10.2105/AJPH.87.11.1773">Under the Shadow of Tuskegee: African Americans and Health Care</a></li><li><a href="https://uncpress.org/book/9781469609720/examining-tuskegee/">Examining Tuskegee: The Infamous Syphilis Study and Its Legacy</a></li><li><a href="https://books.google.com/books/about/Bad_Blood.html?id=d_nENw_XPdMC">Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment</a></li><li><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/185986/medical-apartheid-by-harriet-a-washington/">Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present</a></li><li><a href="https://augusta.openrepository.com/bitstream/handle/10675.2/577096/Blake_Tuskegee%20Paper.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y">The Tuskegee Syphilis Study: Medical Research versus Human Rights</a></li><li><a href="http://www.columbia.edu/itc/history/rothman/COL479E4442.pdf">Rethinking the Tuskegee Syphilis Study: Nurse Rivers, Silence and the Meaning of Treatment</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2862340/">“There Wasn't a Lot of Comforts in Those Days:” African Americans, Public Health, and the 1918 Influenza Epidemic</a></li><li><a href="h