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IJE Advance Access originally published online on April 17, 2006
International Journal of Epidemiology 2006 35(3):558-560; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl031
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association © The Author 2006; all rights reserved.

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Commentary: Guinea-pigs' private war*

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Research on ‘human guinea-pigs’ in Sheffield during World War Two led to several medical breakthroughs. They were conducted on conscientious objectors willing to sacrifice their health to help extend medical knowledge. Alice Collins talks to two volunteers.


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  		Norman Proctor working in the gardens of Sorby Research Institute in 1943

 
Norman Proctor of Ranmoor was a conscientious objector during World War Two. He volunteered, along with more than 30 other pacifists, to be human guinea-pigs in medical experiments carried out at the Sorby Research Institute in Sheffield between 1940 and 1946.

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