| Acres of Skin: Human Experiments at Holmesburg Prison Revised Edition Contributor(s): Hornblum, Allen M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415923360 ISBN-13: 9780415923361 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $44.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1999 Annotation: From the mid-1950s through the mid-1970s, inmates of Philadelphia's Holmesburg Prison were used, in exchange for a few dollars, as guinea pigs in a host of medical experiments. Hornblum paints a disturbing portrait of abuse, moral indifference, and greed, as doctors, in conjunction with the University of Pennsylvania and prison officials, established the prison as a testing lab. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Political Science - Medical | History |
| Dewey: 174.28 |
| LCCN: 98043691 |
| Lexile Measure: 1520 |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 6.09" W x 9.06" (1.04 lbs) 335 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950's - Chronological Period - 1960's - Chronological Period - 1970's - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: At a time of increased interest and renewed shock over the Tuskegee syphilis experiments, Acres of Skin sheds light on yet another dark episode of American medical history. In this disturbing expose, Allen M. Hornblum tells the story of Philadelphia's Holmesburg Prison. |