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Correspondence, press cuttings and notes on human experimentation. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.
The material in this file, arranged in chronological order, comprises:
1. Letters from Frank J. Ayd Jnr concerning human experiments (2 items), 1963
2. Letters from R. L. Luffingham on human experimentation and the BMA drawing up an ethical code to govern experimental research with extracts from the General Medical Council's annual report re same (5 items), 1963
3. Letters from A.C. Ivy re Nuremberg Trial, the development of the Nuremberg Code, Human Guinea Pigs and human experiments (3 items), 1963-1964
4. Letters from registrar, Royal College of Physicians concerning human experimentation (3 items), 1965
5. Letters from Martin L. Gross re human experiments (2 items), 1965-1966
6. Newspaper clippings re medical ethics and human experiments; letters from Henry K. Beecher to Pappworth concerning review of Beecher's book and human experimentation; articles by Beecher from SR & The New England Journal of Medicine, 1965-1970
7. Letters from D. R. Laurence re research ethics committees set up by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) and copy letter from Laurence to RCP concerning research on humans and the need to establish committee (5 items), 1966-1990
8. Letter from Townswomen's Guild (South West Scotland) concerning human experimentation becoming a regular motion at their national conferences, 1967
9. Copy letter from general secretary (? From BMA as addressed to The President of BMA) concerning allegations in Human Guinea Pigs against medical professionals, 1967
10. Letters from The Royal Society of Medicine concerning a manuscript Pappworth submitted for a meeting of the library (scientific research) section with manuscript attached (2 items), 1968
11. Correspondence between Dr. Samuel Shapiro, Massachusetts and the editor of The New England Journal of Medicine concerning human drug experiments (3 items), 1970
12. Copy newspaper article on experiments on men to solve their sexual problems, 1972
14. Letters from Sir Francis Avery Jones, re Royal College of Physicians report of the Committee on the Supervision of the Ethics of Clinical Research Investigations (with report) (4 items), 1973-1974
15. Typed notes on drug experiments on humans, undated (late 20th century)
16. Notes on fraud in drug testing, undated (late 20th century)
17. Typed and annotated notes on human experiments, undated (late 20th century)
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