The Tuskegee Experiment & Dr. Mengele

Hi, folks. I just wanted to share information about a couple of topics that came up recently in class and whose details I wasn't able to supply:

The Tuskegee Experiment

Joseph Mengele's experiments on humans

A word about Wikipedia: I know I've used it quite a bit for sharing information here on the blog. I just want to make it clear that Wikipedia really isn't a trustworthy scholarly source--not one you should use for formal papers, for example. Why? Because anyone who wants to can edit it--that's the wiki format's great strength and also its great weakness.

In my experience, Wikipedia tends to be pretty good for finding out basic facts--but occasionally it's wrong. So in cases where the facts really matter, it's best to verify what you've found on Wikipedia using a vetted print source. I use Wikipedia a lot, though, simply because it's convenient (perhaps that's lazy of me?)--and also because I find that although it's not a good authority for the final word on things, it *is* a great starting point--particularly because the articles generally end with good bibliographies of more trustworthy sources. These bibliographies can be invaluable when you're doing research.