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African American slave medicine : herbal and non-herbal treatments
- Title
- African American slave medicine : herbal and non-herbal treatments / Herbert C. Covey.
- Author
- Covey, Herbert C.
- Publication
- Lanham : Lexington Books, c2007.
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- Description
- vii, 207 p.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Slaves > Medicine > United States > History > 19th century
- Medicine, African Traditional > History > United States
- Traditional medicine > United States > History > 19th century
- African Americans > History > United States
- Slaves > Medical care > United States > History > 19th century
- Social Problems > History > United States
- Herbs > Therapeutic use > United States > History > 19th century
- Phytotherapy > History > United States
- African Americans > Medicine > History > 19th century
- History, 19th Century > United States
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-200) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: medical care and slaves -- White medical care of slaves -- Slave folk practitioners -- Conjuring and hoodoo -- Slave herbal and plant treatments -- Enslaved African American non-herbal treatments and materia medica -- Closing observations.
- Call Number
- Sc E 07-298
- ISBN
- 9780739116449 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0739116444 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2006035166
- OCLC
- 74459824
- Author
- Covey, Herbert C.
- Title
- African American slave medicine : herbal and non-herbal treatments / Herbert C. Covey.
- Imprint
- Lanham : Lexington Books, c2007.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-200) and index.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 07-298