Acres of Skin: Human Experiments at Holmesburg Prison

The delectable negro comes to mind while I was reading this book. Chattel slavery has ended but the black bodies are still being used for labor and experimentations

I bought this book because it was required reading for my History of Misconduct in Biomedical Research course. The accounts provided are sickening, to be honest. I liken this book to The Jungle, it serves to lift the veil on research misconduct at the hands of American scientists in the early part of the 20th century. The book itself is fairly well written, but I can't give a full 5 stars due to the quality of this printing. Every few pages are light, as if the printer ran out of ink. All the photos in the middle of the book are this way as well: light, grainy, and hard to discern what is being shown. I haven't finished the book yet, but there are literally pages missing. Entire pages, just not there. Most recently, it goes from page 159 to page 161, which tells me an entire sheet is missing. I would say if you are interested it's a book worth reading, but I would try to get a different edition.

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Book was in great condition & wicker than expected. THANKS!

I’m enjoying the content of the book but a lot of the odd numbered pages aren’t printed dark enough. It’s like the toner was low when they were printed. Not all of them but enough to me noticeable

The book itself is absolutely fantastic. However, I've had problems getting one that's printed correctly. The first copy I got had pages that were so faded you couldn't read them, so I got a free replacement. The replacement was missing pages, and when I looked at the faded one (which I hadn't sent back yet) it was missing exactly the same pages. For $50 that sort of thing is not acceptable.

It is a deep look into the inside of something that many do know know about and have never thought about. It is well written, and pictures are included. I highly recommend it.

The material is very interesting. The complaint I have is with the number of missing words and 3 whole pages. In part Three, chapter 5, it ends mid sentence on page 159. The next page is blank and the page after that is the beginning of chapter 6. The page after that is 164. Pages 160-162 are missing. Maybe I got a bad copy. Maybe they are all like this. For this price for a paperback, I expected a proofread and complete copy. Buy asst your own risk.