Medicine and Slavery: The Diseases and Health Care of Blacks in Antebellum Virginia (Blacks in the New World)

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Were Blacks Medically Different From Whites? -- Health And The Slave Quarters -- Clothing, Food, And Working Conditions -- Other Health Problems And Conditions -- White And Black Medicine -- Care Of Urban And Industrial Slaves, The Aged, And Free Blacks -- Epidemics -- Insanity -- Blacks As Medical Specimens Todd L. Savitt. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

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Name in long format: Medicine and Slavery: The Diseases and Health Care of Blacks in Antebellum Virginia (Blacks in the New World)
ISBN-10: 0252006534
ISBN-13: 9780252006531
Book pages: 332
Book language: en
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Dimensions: Weight: 1.75 Pounds

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