ANP 370 1st Edition Lecture 9 Outline of Last Lecture I Exam 2 Outline of Current Lecture II Violence in Biomedicine Lecture Violence in Biomedicine In biomedicine various violence are carried out against human bodies either living or dead either whole or in parts for over centuries o Human bodies become subject to violence in biomedicine through rapid technological discoveries Herophilus father of anatomy Chalcedon Britania now Turkey 335 BC 280 BC Performed public dissection of human corpses for medical knowledge Likely used live humans for dissection Andreas Vesalius Brussels 1514 1564 At the dawn of sixteenth century provided a fuller description of human anatomy by dissecting corpses stolen from gallows and tombs No such thing as medical consent 18th Century England In the 18th century England only the corpses of hanged murderers were available for medical anatomists as a result legally procured cadavers were scarce and body snatching from exhumed poor was rife Nazi experimented body children and x rays These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Tuskegee Experiment 40 years it was supported by NIH taxpayers money 400 black men used for understanding progression of syphilis intentionally not being treated all of them died not being told they were being lied to thought medication was being given to them Transplant of the black leg to the white body Slave leg chopped off to be given to white ailing patient o In 15th century this was considered science fiction an artist depicted this scene to propose the idea of poor bodies belonging to the rich Kidney trafficking Instructor has been researching this activity in Bangladesh writing about the patients who have sold their kidneys Sellers carry a huge scar on the side of their body Liver trade Farmer sold his liver didn t even know what that means or what the consequences will be Indian Surrogates renting wombs Henrietta Lax use of genes and DNA to make vaccines