The Skin Experiments at Holmesburg Prison | Abandoned America Podcast
Posted: 15th December 2022
In: Podcasts
Season 2, Episode 5
Premiere: December 15, 2022
Guest: Dr. Cristina Visperas
Read Dr. Visperas' New Book: Skin Theory: Visual Culture and the Postwar Prison Laboratory
Music by: Rival Consoles
Photo Gallery: Holmesburg Prison
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In this episode we talk with Dr. Cristina Visperas about her new book "Skin Theory: Visual Culture and the Postwar Prison Laboratory", which explores the shocking past of the now-abandoned Holmesburg Prison in Philadelphia. For decades Dr. Albert Kligman conducted unethical and harrowing medical experiments on Holmesburg's inmates - in this episode we explore what those experiments were, how they formed the basis of the modern dermatology industry, and what happened in their aftermath.
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