![]() ![]() From the early 1950s through the mid-1970s, Holmesburg's inmates were used, in exchange for a few dollars, as guinea pigs in a host of medical experiments. ![]() Hornblum tells the story of Philadelphia's Holmesburg Prison. "Where are we going to do these things now?" / The slow demise of inmate experimentation - "Retin-A's birthplace was at Holmesburg Prison." / The discovery of Retin-A - "A conspiracy of silence." / Conclusion "I am not part of the program." / Radioactive isotopes are introduced - "Danger! This material is extremely toxic." / The dioxin experiments - The end of experimentation at Holmesburg. "The walls seemed to be breathing." / The Army tests chemical warfare agents prisoner experimentation - Cruel and unusual experiments. "They're dropping like flies out here." / History of U.S. Kilgman enters Holmesburg - Twentieth-century American penal experimentation. ![]() "The money was good and the money was easy." / Inmates recall life and experiments at Holmesburg Prison - "It was like a farmer seeing a fertile field." / Dr. The subjects, the doctors, and the experiments. Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-284) and index ![]()
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