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- ↑ "Wellesley professor unearths a horror: Syphilis experiments in Guatemala". Boston Globe . October 1, 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
- ↑ YAKIN, HEATHER. "Middletown grad uncovers shocking history: US gave Guatemalans syphilis". Times Herald-Record. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
- ↑ Susan M. Reverby, Wellesley College biography Archived 2002-02-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Lavinia L. Dock Award Recipients". American Association for the History of Nursing.
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