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Prisoner Volunteers for Medical Tests Faces Death Risk
In Ossining New York 49 year old Louis Boy a Sing Sing inmate serving a life term for a 1931 NYC murder, has repeatedly risked his life in medical experiments. He volunteered for tests including malaria drug trials in 1942 an influenza vaccine in 1943 and a blood exchange during a leukemia case that the patient later died. Doctors say he seems stable but months may pass before his fate is known.
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