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John Charles Cutler

American surgeon (1915-2003) · United States · On the map · Doctors · Died at 87

John Charles Cutler was an American surgeon. He was the acting chief of the venereal disease program in the United States Public Health Service. He is known for leading several controversial human experiments of syphilis, done under the auspices of the Public Health Service.

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He willfully spread syphilis and gonorrhea to unwitting patients, including soldiers, prisoners, adults with leprosy, mental patients, and orphan children as young as nine in the Guatemala syphilis experiments. He also conducted the Tuskegee syphilis experiments, in which African American men, not informed of the nature of the experiment, were deliberately denied treatment for syphilis.

Country
United States
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1915 to 2003 · aged 87