Sydney A. Halpern

Dangerous Medicine by Sydney A. Halpern reveals the untold history of America's mid-twentieth-century programme of hepatitis infection research, detailing its scientists' aspirations and the harm caused to human subjects. From 1942 through 1972, American biomedical researchers deliberately infected people with hepatitis. Government-sponsored researchers sought to uncover the fundamental characteristics of the disease and the viruses responsible for it, while developing...