ETHICALLY IMPOSSIBLE” STD Research in Guatemala from 1946-1948 
530 Ibid, PCSBI HSPI Archives, CTLR_0000793. 
531 Ibid. 
532 Ibid. 
533 Cutler Documents. Insane Asylum Asilo de Alienados and Prison Patient Records. (Various dates). Subject 
note cards. PCSBI HSPI Archives, CTLR_0005823, CTLR_0005777. 
534 Curth, W. (1933). Syphilis in the highlands of Guatemala. American Journal of Syphilis 2(xvii):166. 
535 John Cutler. (1955, February 24). Final Syphilis Report. PCSBI HSPI Archives, CTLR_0000669. 
536 John Mahoney to John Cutler. (1948, February 19). Correspondence. PCSBI HSPI Archives, 
CTLR 0001223. 
537 Ibid. It is not clear from the letter what the “innocuous stage” of the Guatemala project would have 
included. 
538 John Cutler. (1955, February 24). Final Syphilis Report. PCSBI HSPI Archives, CTLR_0000718. 
539 Ibid, PCSBI HSPI Archives, CTLR 0000744. 
540 Ibid, PCSBI HSPI Archives, CTLR_0000746. 
541 John Mahoney to John Cutler. (1948, June 21). Correspondence. PCSBI HSPI Archives, CTLR 0001143. 
542 Risks involved in the application of chancroid in this manner include painful pustular lesions and redness 
of the skin. Al-Tawfiq, J.A., et al. (1998). Standardization of the experimental model of Haemophilus 
ducreyi infection in human subjects. Journal of Infectious Diseases 178(6):1684— 1687; Heyman, H. (1950). 
Chancroid. In Harrison, T.R., et al. (Eds.). Principles of Internal Medicine. Philadelphia: The Blakiston 
Company, pp. 861-863.. 
543 John Cutler, (n.d.). Chancroid Experiment. Report. PCSBI HSPI Archives, CTLR 0000969. 
544 PCSBI. (2011). Subject Database. 
545 See, e.g. Cutler Documents. (1947-1948) Guatemala Journal Studies with the Military (GC). Clinical 
notebook. PCSBI HSPI Archives, CTLRJ1000621-22. 
546 PCSBI. (2011). Subject Database. 
547 John Cutler, (n.d.). Chancroid Experiment. Report. PCSBI HSPI Archives, CTLR 0000947. 
548 Cutler Documents. (1947-1948). Guatemala Journal Studies with the Military (GC). Clinical notebook. 
PCSBI HSPI Archives, CTLR_0000621-622. 
549 Ibid, PCSBI HSPI Archives, CTLR_0000621. 
550 John Cutler, (n.d.). Chancroid Experiment. Report. PCSBI HSPI Archives, CTLR 0000969. 
551 PCSBI. (2011). Subject Database. 
552 John Cutler, (n.d.). Chancroid Experiment. Report. PCSBI HSPI Archives, CTLR 0000969. 
553 Ibid. 
554 The names of the physicians are included in the original draft of the Chancroid Experiment report, but 
are then crossed out by hand and not included in the final draft. (See Appendix II: Chancroid Experiment 
Report). Ibid, PCSBI HSPI Archives, CTLR_0000980. 
555 Ibid, PCSBI HSPI Archives, CTLR 0000970. 
556 Ibid, PCSBI HSPI Archives, CTLR 0000967. This film was not in the University of Pittsburgh Archives 
and has not been located. 
557 John Mahoney to John Cutler. (1948, June 21). Correspondence. PCSBI HSPI Archives, CTLR 0001143. 
558 Ernest Allen to John Murdock. (1948, June 28). Correspondence. PCSBI HSPI Archives, CTLR 0001182. 
559 John Cutler to John Mahoney, forwarded by William J. McAnally, Jr. (1948, August 26). Correspondence. 
PCSBI HSPI Archives, CTLR_0001 163. 
560 John Mahoney to John Cutler, forwarded by [Fred L. Soper] Director, Pan-American Sanitary Bureau. 
(1948, September 3). Correspondence. PCSBI HSPI Archives, CTLR 0001161. 
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