In the Tuskegee syphilis experiment, researchers from the U.S. Public Health Service ____
a. studied the progression of syphilis in a group of African American men without providing diagnosis or treatment
b. poured bacteria on scrapes made on prisoners’ faces and arms to transmit syphilis for the purposes of study
c. hired syphilis-infected prostitutes to sleep with soldiers to study the progression of the disease
d. exposed prisoners, soldiers, and mental patients to syphilis and gonorrhea to test the effectiveness of penicillin
ANSWER:
a
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