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... that the ‘’ Holmesburg Prison was the site of human clinical trials in the 1900s.

5x expanded by Amohan12 (talk). Self-nominated at 14:33, 21 April 2017 (UTC).[reply]

This article is or was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Acewind88, Amohan12, Adwowk1 (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Ccoope52, Krahaman1.

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This appears to be a significant work in progress with the ability to be notable, why don't we leave it alone for a bit and see what the author (and others) come up with. I would like to see some more claims to notability, but lets not delete it right off the bat. Frmatt (talk) 08:36, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Based on my review of CSD guidelines, notability is a non-criteria (it does not by itself qualify for CSD flagging). Also I clearly stated and sourced two notable aspects of this entry, and feel that any 19th century prison still standing in a major US city is notable as a historic building if nothing else. Please remove the flag so I may continue with the article. Thank you! RBHendrick (talk) 09:08, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong, that didn't allow anything, money or not doesn't matter, doesn't increase any quality.

Adding information on the Holmesburg Prison experiments

Hi! I'm planning on adding information about the Holmesburg Prison skin experiments to this article for a class I'm taking called History of Modern Medicine. I was thinking of writing sections on the origins of the experiments, details/procedures of the experiments themselves, the post-experiment controversy over using human subjects in the ways they did, and results of the experiments (such as creation of the acne cream called Retin-A). Does anyone have any comments, tips, or suggestions? Thanks! Acewind88 (talk) 17:51, 7 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I really enjoyed reading the edits you made to the article! Overall, you did a great job of adding information on the background of the experiments done at this prison. My recommendations would definitely be watching and formatting the longer quotations on this page. It may be useful to make a few of the longer quotes into block quotes since some could go on for a few lines. Overall, really enjoyed the content and it's great to see what you have done to the article.Krahaman1 (talk) 03:42, 4 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I found the additional information that you added to be very thorough, presenting the reader with a wide variety of experiments that were conducted. I'm glad that there was a division established between trials at the prisons and experiments conducted. The context was also presented well, using the Nuremberg code and the plethora of ethical questions that arose from both the trials and experiments. Really enjoyed this article! Ccoope52 (talk) 19:39, 4 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, I thought this was an interesting, I also wrote an article on the Holmesburg Prison experiments. You've added most of the information, maybe add a detailed list of all of the experiments which happened which are also listed in "Acres of Skin". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adwowk1 (talk • contribs) 14:13, 4 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Updated edition of Acres of Skin

This article is citing a 1998 book which is not available in Google Preview. However, a 2013 edition is available for anyone who wishes to check for page numbers. Yoninah (talk) 02:30, 17 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Errors under "Types of experiments"

After reading through this article, I noted some factual inconsistencies in the "types of experiments" section. In particular, the sentence "Studies infecting prisoners with long ultraviolet rays and different species of bacteria, such as candida albicans. (1965-1971)" does not make any sense - Candida albicans is a yeast, not a bacteria. Additionally, it is not possible to "infect" with light rays - that would be termed radiation. I do not have access to the linked reference, and will therefore refrain from editing; however, someone with access to it should correct the wikipedia entry. Thank you. Aarnoman (talk) 16:01, 29 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]