African American slave medicine : herbal and non-herbal treatments / Herbert C. Covey.

  • Covey, Herbert C.
Date:
[2007], ©2007
  • Books

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Publication/Creation

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2007], ©2007.

Physical description

vii, 207 pages ; 24 cm

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Bibliographic information

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.

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    History of Medicine
    BUC.1
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  • 9780739116449
  • 0739116444