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Lesli Paz

Mr. Kelly
Class #3a
Oct 28, 2015
Final Draft
Miss Evers Boys
What would you think if you heard the U.S government had support secret medical
experimentation for over 41 years? This is exactly what happened in Tuskegee, Alabama.
Unfortunately this is not an isolated case.
The film Miss Evers Boyswas released on February 22, 1997 and directed by Joseph
Sargent. This film was based on The Tuskegee Study of Untreated Blacks with Syphilis. This
experiment selected 412 men infected with syphilis. The doctors made the patients believe that
they would receive free treatment but they just wanted to observe how the patients died slowly
and painful. This experiment was conducted to compare the results to a white patients study that
had been done decades before. The doctors also wanted to make history and proved the black
doctors and nurses were equal to the white professionals. In the beginning Dr. Sam Brodus and
Miss Evers were proud of the study because this would help African Americans with syphilis.
Later on, theexperiments coordinators had financial problems to conduct the study as a result of
the Great Depression. Dr. Douglas who was also in charge of the study found federal
financing;however, the study changedand the patients only received placebos and liniments. The
doctors didnt treat the patients because this would change the results and they wouldnt compare
with the white patients results. During the experiment, Miss Evers just tried to help the patients
regardless the consequences.

Miss Everslife makes me think on Mary Kubiceksexperience working in the cancer


research. She a lab assistant who cultured Hella cells for the first time. She worked with Hela
cells for long time and she only receivesorders from Dr. Gey. Mary didnt know the origin of the
cells. When Henrietta Lacks the owner of the cells died, Dr. Gey asked Marry to take specimens
from Henriettas dead body. This was the first time that Mary worked with a dead body. She felt
guilty because she realized that all the time she was working with the cells from alive person and
her family didnt know about the research. She didnt stop working because it was her job and
she felts also loyal to Dr.Gey. Mary realized that this was wrong but she couldnt change it. She
continued doing this because in the end this would help more people. Just like Miss Evers, she
felt compromised with ther job, but she didnt abandon her work when she realized the wrong
things in the experiment. In the end, Miss Evers was only trying to help her people.
Every professional in medicine and justices needs to watch Miss Evers Boys. This movie
can change peoples mind. In the beginning of the film I considered Miss Evers as hypocritical
person because she was taking advantages of the uneducated African American patients with
syphilis. However, later on the movie I realized she wasnt a bad person and she was only trying
to help her people. Im pretty sure that people who experienced a difficult situation where they
had to make a choice would understand the hard life that Miss Evers had during the Tuskegee
Study. Every person needs to know the importance of medical studies that had been done in the
past. Because these experiments, many people can stay healthy today. History teaches us to not
make the same mistakes again and harm other peoples life. I hope the government learns about
the history and protects our society. The medical experiments are very important, but are most
important that the government care more about the citizens because if they dont care, our
society will be abused and used as guinea pigs.

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