00:00 Herophilus is known as the father of anatomy for dissecting and vivisecting live human beings, often criminals, for scientific purposes.

04:07 Human experimentation, including dissection and vivisection of live prisoners, was a common practice in the past, often justified by the need for human subjects and the belief that air was carried in the circulatory system rather than blood; this practice continued throughout history, with grave robbing supplying medical schools with bodies for dissection and experimentation.

07:59 Human experimentation has historically been conducted on convicts, and while animals are often used in testing, ultimately humans are needed to determine the effects of drugs and other substances; self-experimentation has also been used, such as in the cases of Pierre and Mary Curie and Albert Hoffman.

11:43 Human experimentation was historically conducted on prisoners and the United States also practiced compulsory sterilization, but after World War II, the Nuremberg trials led to the establishment of guidelines for human experimentation.

15:08 The Nuremberg code established guidelines for human experimentation, including reducing fear and pain in subjects, informed consent, and no coercion, and it also addressed the moral question of whether it is acceptable to kill one person to save many.

18:22 Human experimentation has been carried out using Nazi data, such as reviving people suffering from hypothermia, and also by studying victims of starvation in the Warsaw ghetto, and the US has a history of unethical experiments, including the Tuskegee experiments and the MK Ultra project, but since the establishment of the FDA in the 1930s, there has been stricter oversight and the use of drug trials to test medications on healthy individuals.

21:46 Some people make a living off of participating in multiple drug trials, and there is a concern that they become hooked on this lifestyle, but as long as no laws are being broken and they are willing to do it, it's their choice.

25:00 The email from Krister describes the dangerous and corrupt situation in Juarez, Mexico, where his family was extorted by federal agents and falsely charged with a crime, leading him to want to move to the US.