There were many quite similar stories from the mid-century US (never mind the rest of the world) so you wouldn't necessarily need this specific one as inspirati

There were many quite similar stories from the mid-century US (never mind the rest of the world) so you wouldn't necessarily need this specific one as inspiration. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemala_syphilis_experiments https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemala_syphilis_experiments is one of the real eye-openers.