Waves can also be separated into transverse and longitudinal waves. In a transverse wave, the motion of the particles of the medium is at right angles (i.e., transverse) to the direction the wave moves.
The experiment's name comes from the Tuskegee Institute, the black university founded by Booker T. Washington. Its affiliated hospital lent the PHS its medical facilities for the study, and other predominantly black institutions as well as local black doctors also participated.
The study took place in Macon County, Alabama, the county seat of Tuskegee referred to as the Black Belt because of its rich soil and vast number of black sharecroppers who were the economic backbone of the region. The research itself took place on the campus of Tuskegee Institute. What it Was Designed to Find Out. The intent of the study was to record the natural history of syphilis in Blacks. The study was called the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male.. When the study was initiated there were no proven treatments for the disease. Researchers told the men participating in the study that they were to be treated for bad blood..