Two hands, one yellowed with effects of jaundice.
Times Article 1950 about 200 inmates infected with jaundice.
Two hands, one yellowed with effects of jaundice.
WOMEN IN PRISONS:
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ARMY
Jaundice or infectious hepatitis ravaged soldiers in the army and there was a need for a solution to this disease. A study was overseen by Dr. Joseph Stokes Jr. in a women’s prison in Clinton Farms, New Jersey during the 1950. 200 women in Clinton’s Farms only women’s prison volunteered to participate in the study. Dr. Joseph Stokes was a chief physician at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia prior to the study and received a grant from the Epidemiological Board and the University of Philadelphia.
There were thought to be two strains of viral hepatitis jaundice in existance. The first strain was that to be carried inside human plasma and the second strain was theorized to have originated from contaminated water. The study proved that the virus could be cultivated in animals. This discovery showed a new point of origin for the viral disease.
The study was performed by adding the virus to fertilized chicken eggs then injecting it into the female prisoners. When the female prisoners developed jaundice, researchers saw a new opportunity in the studying possibilities for a vaccination cultivation. The women in prison who obtained jaundice had to suffer a short-term jaundice period. Fortunately, no women suffered death from the experiments. The doctor praised the women for providing their services in the name of science. The public also praised these women for their sacrifice in participating in this study.
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New York Times. “Women Prisoners Aid Jaundice Test: 200 at Clinton Farms, NJ, Infected with the Disease. September 4, 1950. New York Times (1923-Current File) Retrieved from https://libweb.lib.utsa.edu/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.libweb.lib.utsa.edu/docview/111743770?accountid=7122