320 pages.
Routledge (1990).


Detailed exposé on the widespread practice of using American prisoners in medical and military experiments and of testing cosmetics, drugs and chemicals on prisoners. The experiments took place until the mid 1970s. Compares American prisoner experiments to those carried out by Nazi doctors in concentration camps.

From The Publisher:

In this expose, Allen M. Hornblum tells the story of Philadelphia's Holmesburg Prison. 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. Based on in-depth interviews with dozens of prisoners as well as the doctors and prison officials who, respectively, performed and permitted these experimental tests, Hornblum paints a disturbing portrait of abuse, moral indifference, and greed. Central to this account are the millions of dollars many of America's leading drug and consumer goods companies made available for the eager doctors seeking fame and fortune through their medical experiments. Many of these doctors established their illustrious careers on the backs of the inmates who served as the ideal test subjects - isolated, cheap, and locked behind bars.

ISBN-10: 0415923360
ISBN-13: 978-0415923361