Sentenced to Science: One Black Man's Story of Imprisonment in America

by Allen M. Hornblum

Book Overview

From 1951 until 1974, Holmesburg Prison in Philadelphia was the site of thousands of experiments on prisoners conducted by researchers under the direction of University of Pennsylvania dermatologist Albert M. Kligman. While most of the experiments were testing cosmetics, detergents, and deodorants, the trials also included scores of Phase I drug trials, inoculations of radioactive isotopes, and applications of dioxin in addition to mind-control...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271033363
• ISBN13: 9780271033365
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"