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050 00 R853.H8|bH67 1998 
060 00 1998 E-612 
060 10 WR 20|bH814a 1998 
082 00 174/.28|221 
100 1  Hornblum, Allen M. 
245 10 Acres of skin :|bhuman experiments at Holmesburg Prison : 
       a story of abuse and exploitation in the name of medical 
       science /|cAllen M. Hornblum. 
264  1 New York :|bRoutledge,|c1998. 
300    xxii, 297 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-284) and 
       index. 
505 0  The subjects, the doctors, and the experiments. "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. Kilgman 
       enters Holmesburg -- Twentieth-century American penal 
       experimentation. "They're dropping like flies out here." /
       History of U.S. prisoner experimentation -- Cruel and 
       unusual experiments. "The walls seemed to be breathing." /
       The Army tests chemical warfare agents 
505 0  "I am not part of the program." / Radioactive isotopes are
       introduced -- "Danger! This material is extremely toxic." 
       / The dioxin experiments -- The end of experimentation at 
       Holmesburg. "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. 
610 20 Holmesburg Prison. 
610 22 Holmesburg Prison. 
650  0 Human experimentation in medicine|zPennsylvania
       |zPhiladelphia. 
650  0 Prisoners|xMedical care|zPennsylvania|zPhiladelphia. 
650  0 Convict labor|zPennsylvania|zPhiladelphia. 
650  0 Dermatology|xResearch|zPennsylvania|zPhiladelphia. 
650 12 Dermatology|zPhiladelphia. 
650 12 Human Experimentation|zPhiladelphia. 
650 22 Prisons|zPhiladelphia. 
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