Cruel Medical Experiments Performed On Slaves Were Widespread In The American South

By Blackthen

Electric shocks, brain surgery, amputations — these are just some of the medical experiments widely performed on American slaves in the mid-1800s, according to a new survey of medical journals published before the Civil War. Previous work by historians had uncovered a handful of rogue physicians conducting medical experiments on …read more

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