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African American medicine in Washington, D.C. : healing the Capital during the Civil War Era /
- Title
- African American medicine in Washington, D.C. : healing the Capital during the Civil War Era / Heather Butts, JD, MPh, MA ; foreword by Dr. Hugh Florenz Butts, MD.
- Author
- Butts, Heather,
- Publication
- Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2014.
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- Description
- 156 pages : illustrations, map, portraits; 23 cm
- Summary
- The service of America's African Americans in defense of our Union during the Civil War required African American nurses, doctors and surgeons to heal those soldiers. In the nation's capital, these brave healthcare workers joined together to begin to create a medical infrastructure for African Americans by African Americans. Famed surgeon Alexander T. Augusta fought discrimination to become a preeminent surgeon, visiting with President Lincoln, testifying before congress and aiding in the war effort. Washington's Freedman's Hospital was formed to serve the District's growing free black population and would later become the Howard University Medical Center. These physicians would form the National Medical Association, the largest and oldest organization representing African American doctors and patients. Including detailed analysis of African American health issues, patients and medical approaches, author Heather M. Butts recounts the heroic lives and work of Washington's African American medical community during the Civil War.
- Subject
- 1800-1899
- African American nurses > Washington (D.C.)
- African American nurses
- African American physicians > Washington (D.C.)
- African American physicians
- African Americans > Medical care > Washington (D.C.)
- African Americans > Medical care
- African Americans > history
- African Americans in medicine > Washington (D.C.) > History > 19th century
- African Americans in medicine
- African Americans in the professions > Washington (D.C.) > History > 19th century
- African Americans in the professions
- African Americans
- American Civil War (1861-1865)
- American Civil War
- Delivery of Health Care > history
- District of Columbia
- History of Medicine
- History of Nursing
- History, 19th Century
- Medical care
- Medicine > Washington (D.C.) > History > 19th century
- Medicine
- Military Medicine > history
- Physicians > history
- United States > African Americans. > Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States > Medical care. > 1861-1865, Civil War
- United States > Medical care. > Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States
- Washington (D.C.)
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-150) and index.
- Contents
- African American healthcare providers and patients in D.C. prior to the Civil War. Healthcare of African Americans in D.C. ; African American healthcare providers training and working in D.C. -- Unique healthcare issues of African American soldiers and prisoners of war. Healthcare of African American soldiers during the Civil War -- African American healthcare providers in D.C. during the Civil War. Alexander Augusta ; Anderson Abbott ; Willis Revels ; William Powell ; Martin Delany ; Henry Turner ; Harriet Tubman ; Sojourner Truth ; Jane Isabella Saunders ; Maria Toliver ; Maria Mitchell ; Alpheus Tucker ; Cortlandt Van Rensselaer Creed ; John Rapier ; Charles Purvis -- African American healthcare in D.C. after the Civil War -- African American healthcare providers in D.C. after the Civil War. Medical societies ; Families ; Careers ; Pensions and postwar military recognition.
- ISBN
- 9781626196551
- 1626196559
- LCCN
- 2014951893
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library