Terre Haute prison experiments

[1]: 21  After several months, Mahoney noted that the method of inducing gonorrhea in humans was unreliable and could not provide meaningful tests of prophylactic agents.[1]: 13 The Terre Haute prison experiments began during World War II to create a prophylaxis treatment for gonorrhea.[1][2] Venereal diseases had been an issue previously during World War I and had cost the army seven million days of active duty.During an NRC meeting about venereal diseases, two researchers from New York proposed the idea of using volunteer prison inmates as test subjects.[1][2] The NRC eventually endorsed this study because they thought the benefits of creating prophylaxis treatments for gonorrhea outweighed the risks of a negative public reaction.
Dr. John C. CutlerDr. John F. MahoneyUS Public Health Servicesexually transmitted diseasesU.S. PenitentiaryTerre Haute, IndianagonorrheaGuatemala syphilis experimentsWorld War IIWorld War ITuskegee Syphilis StudyWashington, D.C.Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues