Harms and Wrongs in Research

Some videos highlighting harmful, wrongful research work


Jenner and Immunology (1790s)


Sims (1840s) and Modern Gynecology


Mengele’s twin studies (1940s)


See also DW's "Crime and Punishment"


Tuskegee Syphilis Study (1932-1972)


Transorbital Lobotomy


Willowbrook Hepatitis Experiments (1950s-1970s)


Humphrey, Tearoom Trade (1960s)

For one of early ethics deliberations on the research method used by Humprey (an Episcopal priest and winner of C. Wright Mills Award), see: Holden, C. (1979). Ethics in Social Science Research. Science, 206(4418), 537-540.


Stanley Milgram (1963)


Stanford Prison Experiment (1971)