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See Cutler Documents. (1947). Gonorrheal experiment #1. PCSBI HSPI Archives, CTLR 0001736-79 
and Cutler Documents. (1947). Gonorrheal experiment #2. Clinical notes and subject note cards. PCSBI 
HSPI Archives, CTLR 0001780-1801; but see John Cutler. (1952, October 29). Experimental studies in 
Gonorrhea. Report. PCSBI HSPI Archives, CTLR 0001299. 
PCSBI. (2011). Subject Database. 
The Venereal Disease and Sexual Prophylaxis Hospital still stands today in Guatemala City and a 
delegation from the Commission visited it in May 2011. A 1937 plaque on the building dedicated it to three 
people including Mr. John D. Rockefeller and Dr. Hugh S. Cumming, former U.S. Surgeon General (1920- 
1936) and PASB Director from 1937 to 1947. 
John Cutler. (1952, October 29). Experimental Studies in Gonorrhea. Report. PCSBI HSPI Archives, 
CTLR_0001 279-80. 
John Cutler. (1955, February 24). Final Syphilis Report. PCSBI HSPI Archives, CTLR 0000640. 
The copy he retained was of the regulations in 1938. It is not clear how the regulations changed, if at all, 
before Dr. Cutler undertook his experiments. 
Reglamento de la Seccion de profilaxia y de enfermedades venereas: Leyes conexas con el mismo. (1938 
June). PCSBI HSPI Archives, CTLR_0001691. 
Ibid, PCSBI HSPI Archives, CTLR_0001 686-735. 
Ibid, PCSBI HSPI Archives, CTLR 0001692; Funes, J.M. (1949, enero). Avances venereologicos en la 
seccion correspondiente de la Direccion General de Sanidad Publica de Guatemala. Boletin de la Oficina 
Sanitaria Panamericana 28(1):46. The treatment with arsenical drugs was not related to the U.S. PHS STD 
experiments, which predominently used penicillin as a treatment. 
The intentional infection procedures are discussed below. 
Cutler Documents. (1947). Gonorrheal experiment #1. Clinical notes, protocols, and subject note cards. 
PCSBI HSPI Archives, CTLR_0001737. 
However, “[i]t was not feasible to carry on further studies with respect to alcohol on rate of infection.” 
John Cutler. (1952, October 29). Experimental Studies in Gonorrhea. Report. PCSBI HSPI Archives, 
CTLR 0001287. 
Ibid. 
PCSBI. (2011). Subject Database. 
This payment was documented on one day for one experiment involving multiple exposures. Cutler 
Documents. (1947). Gonorrheal experiment #2. Clinical notes and subject note cards. PCSBI HSPI 
Archives, CTLR 0001781-97. In 1947, $25 had the same buying power as $253 in 2011. 
See, e.g., Cutler Documents, (various dates). Gonorreal experiment #1. Clinical notes, protocols, and 
subject note cards. PCSBI HSPI Archives, CTLR 0001736-1800. 
John Cutler. (1952, October 29). Experimental Studies in Gonorrhea. Report. PCSBI HSPI Archives, 
CTLR 0001280. 
Ibid. 
Cutler Documents. (1947-1948). Guatemala Journal Studies with the Military (GC). Clinical notebook. 
PCSBI HSPI Archives, CTLR_0000620. 
Cutler Documents. (1947). Gonorrheal Experiment #1. Clinical notes, protocols, and subject note cards. 
PCSBI Archives, CTLR 0001736-79. The placebo used in most experiments was an injection of 0.5 cc of 
sterile, distilled water. See, e.g., Ibid, PCSBI HSPI Archives CTLR 0001751. 
John Cutler. (1952, October 29). Experimental Studies in Gonorrhea. Report. PCSBI HSPI Archives, 
CTLR 0001286. 
It is unclear from Dr. Cutler’s notes whether these deviations were intentional. See Cutler Documents. 
(1947). Gonorrheal Experiment #1. Clinical notes, protocols, and subject note cards. PCSBI HSPI 
Archives, CTLR_0001749-78. 
Referred to as “exposures” by Dr. Cutler. John Cutler. (1952, October 29). Experimental Studies in 
Gonorrhea. Report. PCSBI HSPI Archives, CTLR 0001280. 
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