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Miscellaneous
100
Are children allowed to give informed consent?
No, the parents must give consent.
100
What is DNA fingerprinting?
Collections of DNA used to determine guilt or paternity that are more invasive yet not as specific as a fingerprint.
100
What experiment took place in the 20th century in Mount County Alabama?
Tuskegee Syphilis Study
100
Dr. James Sims is considered the father of what medical field?
Gynecology.
100
What is one religious reason that was used to justify blacks inferiority.
Cain or Ham.
200
Name one reason blacks were seen as inferior.
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200
What was a resurrectionist?
Slaves who were sent to black burial grounds to unearth the dead for dissection.
200
What artificial body part was James Quinn given?
A heart.
200
Who said this quote?
Cesare Lombroso
200
What disease/infection did Thomas Jefferson give his slaves?
Cowpox
300
True or False: Race is not biological. Explain.
Race is a sociol construct with no biological basis. It the result of slavery in America.
300
What is pharmacogenomics?
The development of medications that target the variations between races to increase the effectiveness of the medication.
300
Name an experiment that used prisoners.
Bailey and Heath Mind Control, Testing of Retin-A
300
Who was Ota Benga?
The slave who was put on exhibition at the New York Zoo.
300
What was the reason given for the 45 year old slave John Patterson's insanity that was then given to all Northern blacks.
Freedom.
400
Blacks were chosen for medical experiments because...
They were seen as inferior to whites.
400
What is a thalamotomy?
Removal of a portion of the thalamus.
400
Nitric acid was given to African American children suffering from what condition?
Asthma.
400
According to P.T. Barnum, how old was Joice Hoth when she died?
161
400
Who was considered a "sickly freed man" in the 1840s census?
Blacks and insane whites.
500
Name one recommendation of the author.
Increased subject education.
500
What is iatrophobia?
The fear of doctors.
500
Which government group conducted the Tuskegee Syphilis Study?
The US Public Health Service.
500
Who was the nurse hired by the PHS to monitor black patients?
Eunice Rivers
500
What was the black specific heart drug approved by the FDA in 2005?
BiDil
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