Year: 2016

Changing Views About Syphilis and Sex Education Around World War I

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Hannah Storch is currently a senior at Grinnell College, double majoring in history and classics. After graduating in Spring 2016, she will be attending Georgetown University for a Masters in Art and Museum Studies. She has long been interested in the stigma surrounding venereal diseases prior to the 20th century and what caused the shift… Read more Changing Views About Syphilis and Sex Education Around World War I

“First Do (No) Harm”: Unethical Human Experimentation and Ethics

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Su Lim is a senior mathematics major at Grinnell College and interested in biostatistics and clinical research. The mid-20th century in the United States was a golden age of scientific advancements and medical discoveries. The rapid expansion of medical knowledge and techniques encouraged medical professionals to perform numerous experiments using human subjects either to better understand… Read more “First Do (No) Harm”: Unethical Human Experimentation and Ethics