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  RECORD TYPE ......... SUBJECT FILE
  SUBJECT TYPE ........ PERSON
  FILE OPENED ......... 2026-07-06 14:11 UTC
  APPEARANCES ......... 3 ANNOTATIONS
  KNOWN ALIASES ....... 1
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Irwin Shatz

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Irwin Shatz

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ACTIVE
Tuskegee Syphilis Study: Orders to Withhold Penicillin Treatment
The Tuskegee Syphilis Study, conducted by the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) from 1932 to 1972, involved tracking the natural progression of untreated syphilis in African American men. Multiple so…
ACTIVE
Tuskegee Syphilis Study: Physician Ethics Petitions (1945-1972)
The Tuskegee Syphilis Study, conducted by the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) and CDC from 1932 to 1972, observed the natural progression of untreated syphilis in nearly 400 African American men. P…
CLOSED
Dr. Irwin Shatz's 1965 Letter Criticizing the Tuskegee Syphilis Study
In 1965, Dr. Irwin Shatz, then a young cardiologist at Henry Ford Hospital, authored a letter criticizing the ongoing Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis. Shatz was reportedly outraged after encounte…