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Guatemala Syphilis Experiment

U.S. Apologizes for Guatemala Syphilis Experiment:

The United States apologized on Friday for an experiment conducted in the 1940s in which U.S. Government researchers deliberately infected Guatemalan prison inmates, women and mental patients with syphilis. Ref. Source 6

Experiment Syphilis Guatemala

Guatemala fury over US sex disease tests:

Initially, the researchers infected female Guatemalan commercial sex workers with gonorrhea or syphilis, then allowed them to have unprotected sex with soldiers or prison inmates. Ref. Source 8

Guatemala Syphilis Experiment History & Civil Business Politics

Guatemalans 'Opened Door' for Terrifying U.S. Experiments:

While the government of the United States was busy prosecuting Nazis at the Nuremberg Trials for atrocities committed during the Second World War, the American Mengele, a Dr. John C. Cutler, was devoted to injecting soldiers, prisoners and prostitutes in Guatemala with syphilis and gonorrhea to investigate the effectiveness of penicillin. Ref. Source 3

Experiment Syphilis Guatemala

U.S. Hospital Sued For Deliberately Spreading STDs in Guatemala:

The U.S. Government in partnership with Johns Hopkins University ran a 1940's program that spread syphilis in the Central American country. Ref. Source 9

Experiment Syphilis Guatemala

This will allow for the truth or myths about this whole alleged experiment to come out. If it turns out to be true then it will tarnish the reputation of John Hopkins, a renown institution for medical advancement, and America as a whole.