In 1914, Dr. Joseph Goldberger was asked by the Surgeon General to investigate a certain Illness called Pellagra. He discovered that victims of Pellagra did not have enough tryptophan, a chemical in foods such as turkey that make you drowsy. To prove his findings, Dr. Goldberger performed a test on 11 prisoners who volunteered, in exchange for being pardoned of their crimes. He found that 7 out of 11 prisoners developed Pellagra.
Dr. Goldberger’s research saved countless lives, but his method of research was questionable. For example, In the Jewish Chronic Disease Hospital experiment, hospitalized elders were informed that they were in a research study, but were unaware that they were being injected with live cancer cells to study the immune
Dr. Goldberger’s research saved countless lives, but his method of research was questionable. For example, In the Jewish Chronic Disease Hospital experiment, hospitalized elders were informed that they were in a research study, but were unaware that they were being injected with live cancer cells to study the immune