Effects of untreated syphilis in the negro male, 1932 to 1972: a closure comes to the Tuskegee study, 2004.

hen Ernest Hendon died in January 2004 at the age of 96, a closure finally came to the uskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis (TSUS) of 932 to 1972. Mr. Hendon, who was the last surivor of the TSUS, made the above remark shortly efore his death, describing why he participated in research project that nowadays—just a few deades later—is not even conceivable. Mr. Hendon’s ecent death occasions a retelling of this most inamous chapter in the history of American mediine. Awareness of TSUS is important because the Tuskegee effect” still impedes African-American articipation in medical research (Video clip 1).