1st Edition
Slavery and Medicine Enslavement and Medical Practices in Antebellum Louisiana
By Katherine Bankole
Copyright 1998
348 Pages
by
Routledge
348 Pages
by
Routledge
348 Pages
by
Routledge
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This study re-evaluates the field known as Negro/Slave Medicine, which has traditionally focused on the efforts of slaveowners to provide medical care for their slaves, addressing the slaves' proactive management of medical care; brutality as a cause of the constant need for medical attention; and the health risks posed by arduous agricultural labor. This groundbreaking study offers insight into... Read more
PART ONE— OVERVIEW OF ENSLAVEMENT AND MEDICINE, PART TWO—AFRICANS, MEDICAL THEORIES AND PRACTICES, PART THREE—AFRICAN MATERIA MEDICA AND ENSLAVEMENT
Biography
Katherine Bankole PhD
