title: Fevered Decisions: Race, Ethics, and Clinical Vulnerability in the Malarial Treatment of Neurosyphilis, 1922-1953.
abstract: Physicians deliberately inoculated marginalized patients with malaria, using them as reservoirs to facilitate malarial fever therapy for syphilitic patients. The history presents ethical questions in an evolving historical context.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gambino
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000266:history; D001921:Brain / Q000382:microbiology; D003068:Coercion; D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics; D018450:Disease Progression; D004219:District of Columbia; D004992:Ethics, Medical / Q000266:history*; D032984:Ethics, Research / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000941:ethics / Q000266:history*; D006805:Human Experimentation / Q000941:ethics / Q000266:history*; D006801:Humans; D006979:Hyperthermia, Induced / Q000941:ethics / Q000266:history*; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000941:ethics / Q000266:history*; D008288:Malaria / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history*; D008318:Malpractice / Q000266:history; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000266:history* / Q000382:microbiology; D009014:Morals; D009494:Neurosyphilis / Q000266:history* / Q000628:therapy; D010406:Penicillins / Q000266:history; D011329:Prisoners / Q000266:history; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000941:ethics / Q000266:history; D014210:Treponema pallidum / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D010406:Penicillins