Illustrations -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- The Experiment Begins -- 1: Medical Research Past and Present -- Perceptions -- 2: East African Perceptions of Medical Research -- Researchers Arrive -- Historical Narrative: "Inspeakable Entomologists" -- Modern Narrative: A "Remarkable Achievement"? -- 3: First Encounters, First Impressions -- Consent or Coercion? -- Historical Narrative: "Forced to Accept Trial Treatment"? A Tuberculosis -- Modern Narrative: Focusing on Fieldworkers in Kilifi, Kenya -- 4: Ethical Recruitment and Gathering Human Subjects -- Balancing Risks and Benefits -- Historical Narrative: Hope Trant and a Compoundon Fire in Tanganyika, 1954 -- Modern Narrative: A Male Circumcision Trial Canceled in Rakai, Uganda, 2005 -- 5: Finding an Ethical Balance -- Exits and Longer-Term Obligations -- Historical Narrative: "Almost Completely Eradicated" -- Modern Narrative: A New Malaria Vaccine? -- 6: Coming to an Ethical End -- The Experiment Ends? -- 7: Modern Medical Researchand Historical Residue -- Appendix A: Swahili Glossary -- Appendix B: Further Reading on Global Medical Research -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.