MEDICAL FACULTY

To the Editors of The Crimson:

The article headline in the March 15th issue entitled, "Poussaint Decries Morals and Ethics of Medical Faculty" was misleading about the content of my remarks. In the course of my discussion on medical ethics in general, I mentioned that several Harvard Medical School faculty members did not view the Alabama syphilis study as unethical. I did not at all suggest, in any blanket fashion, that the Medical School faculty was lacking in moral and ethical principles. In fact, the very vast majority of medical personnel in the Medical School have the highest ethical standards. Many of the professionals here have been national leaders in establishing strict guidelines for human experimentation. Alvin F. Poussaint, M.D.