Kipkeepers, Pox and Gleet Vendors: A Rapid History of Syphilis - Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male, 1932-1972

< i > Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male, 1932-1972

1932: Three factors emerged to change the study design
- Literature from Oslo study suggested racial differences in course of syphilis
- Bismuth and arsenic therapy was toxic and ineffective against advanced or latent syphilis
- Great Depression depleted Rosenwald Fund