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Index
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polio vaccine, 92
Abberline, Frederick, 17
skin lesions, 93
Abdulla, Dr., 137
testicular transplant experiments, 92
Acer, David, Dr., 188, 189
experimentation and Law
Acne antibiotics, 94
biowarfare program, 101
Active euthanasia, 165
Nuremberg Code, 100
Acupressure techniques, 180
pharmaceutical drug trials, 102
Acupuncture techniques, 179
Wilson memo, 101
Adelson, Lester, Dr., 37
Filipino prisoners, experiments, 89
Ahmed, Achris, Dr., 153
immune systems, 95
AIDS
medical ethics, 100
Ahmed, Achris, Dr.(Benghazi HIV
military experimentation, 96
Committee), 153
mind-altering drugs, 97
child killing, 154
old south experiments
crime against the state, 154, 155
ether anesthesia, 88
HIV victim, 154
gynecological procedure, 89
spreading of, 153
post-surgical infections, 88
transmission, doctors to patient,
poisons effects, 95
189–190
poor and disadvantaged
Alden, Ginger, 211
patients
al-Hajuj, Ashraf, Dr., 154
free medical treatment, 90, 91
Allyson, June, 208
syphilitic infections, 90
Al-Qaeda, 140, 145
test subjects, 91
al-Rantisi, Abdel Aziz, Dr., 146
toxic remedies, 90
al-Tabari, Ali ibn Sahl Rabban, 10
yellow fever, 89
Alternative medicine, 179–184
psychic driving, 97
al-Zahar, Mahmoud, Dr., 146
pyridostigmine, 96