Race And Medicine in Nineteenth-and Early-Twentieth-century America

Name: Race And Medicine in Nineteenth-and Early-Twentieth-century America
Author: Todd L. Savitt

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"In Race and Medicine historian Todd Savitt presents revised and updated versions of his seminal essays on the medical history of African Americans in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, especially in the South. This collection examines a variety of aspects of African American medical history, including health and illnesses, medical experimentation, early medical schools and medical professionals, and slave life insurance."--BOOK JACKET.

African AmericansHealth and hygieneHistoryMedical careSickle cell anemiaRacismDelivery of Health CareMedical EducationHistory, 19th CenturyHistory, 20th CenturyBlack or African American