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Acres of Skin: Human Experiments at Holmesburg Prison - A Story of Abuse and Exploitation in the Name of Medical Science
by Hornblum, Allen M
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- ISBN 10
- 0415919908
- ISBN 13
- 9780415919906
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New York: Routledge, 1998. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing, with no additional printings listed on the copyright page. Hardcover in unclipped dustjacket. 297 pages with photographs and index. In this shocking book the author tells the story of Philadelphia's Holmesburg Prison. From the early 1950s through the mid-1970s, Holmesburg inmates were used, in exchange for a few dollars, as ginea pigs in a host of medical experiments. Just a light touch of edgewear to the extremities of the dustjacket otherwise; As new. Unread. From my smoke-free collection. Ships in well-padded box..
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- Title
- Acres of Skin: Human Experiments at Holmesburg Prison - A Story of Abuse and Exploitation in the Name of Medical Science
- Author
- Hornblum, Allen M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0415919908
- ISBN 13
- 9780415919906
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- HOLMESBURG PRISON, PRISONERS
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