A little too much of the buchenwald touch? Military radiation research at the university of Cincinnati, 1960–1972 |
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| Authors: | David Egilman Wes Wallace Cassandra Stubbs Fernando Mora‐Corrasco |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Community Health, Brown University , South Shore Health Center , 759 Granite Street, Braintree, MA, 02184;2. South Shore Health Center , 759 Granite Street, Braintree, MA, 02184;3. Uam‐Xochimilco , Mexico City, Mexico |
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| Abstract: | From 1960 through 1972, Dr. Eugene Saenger oversaw the experimental administration of lethal and near‐lethal doses of radiation to hospital patients at the University of Cincinnati. These experiments were funded by the US Department of Defense, and were specifically designed to acquire military information on the effects of radiation in combat soldiers. Although Saenger's research was terminated after public exposure in 1971, a full and detailed account has not been available until now. The account provided by the President's Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments (ACHRE) in their Final Report of 1995 was incomplete. Our account is based on a reanalysis of all the material available to ACHRE, including highly critical peer reviews by U.C. faculty members. We also present, for the first time, several case histories taken from the medical records of Dr. Saenger's subjects. |
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| Keywords: | Saenger radiation experiments informed consent human experimentation ethics ACHRE |
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