Reply #4: antibiotics for syphilis treatment weren't available until [View All]

[mrs_p]

the 1940s (although mercury was used for treatment with not very successful outcomes). not that it makes the Tuskegee study acceptable - i'm just offering an historical perspective. perhaps because they left the disease untreated well after use of antibiotics, it makes it all the more sicker.

btw - there were other untreated syphilis studies done as well: http://sti.bmj.com/content/38/4/223.extract