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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Allen M Hornblum; Holmesburg Prison. |
| ISBN: | 0415923360 9780415923361 |
| OCLC Number: | 1011901274 |
| Description: | xxii, 297 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents: | "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. Albert M. Kligman enters Holmesburg) -- "They're dropping like flies out here" (History of U.S. prisoner experimentation) -- "The walls seemed to be breathing" (The army tests chemical warfare agents) -- "I am not part of the program" (Radioactive isotopes are introduced) -- "Danger! This material is extremely toxic" (The dioxin experiments) -- "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). |
| Responsibility: | Allen M. Hornblum. |
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