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The government secretly injected a house painter with plutonium
On May 14, 1945, doctors at the University of California Hospital in San Francisco secretly injected Albert Stevens, an Ohio-born house painter, with plutonium.
Ce qu'il faut retenir
- Doctors at the University of California Hospital in San Francisco injected Albert Stevens with plutonium without his knowledge.
- Albert Stevens was diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer when he checked in.
- Manhattan Project researchers selected Stevens as patient CAL-1 to study how plutonium moves through human bodies.
On May 14, 1945, doctors at the University of California Hospital in San Francisco secretly injected Albert Stevens, an Ohio-born house painter, with plutonium. Stevens had checked in with what doctors diagnosed as terminal stomach cancer. Manhattan Project researchers selected him as patient CAL-1 to study how plutonium moves through human bodies.
Les chiffres clés
- CAL-1
- The patient designation assigned to Albert Stevens
Le fil des événements
- Doctors secretly inject Albert Stevens with plutonium.
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