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

Author/creator Covey, Herbert C.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoLanham : Lexington Books, ©2007.
Descriptionvii, 207 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content Table of contents
Supplemental Content The Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund Home Page
Subject(s)
Enslaved persons--Medicine --United States --History --19th century.
Enslaved persons--Medical care --United States --History --19th century.
Traditional medicine--United States --History --19th century.
Herbs--Therapeutic use --United States --History --19th century.
African Americans--Medicine --History --19th century.
Black or African American--history
Medicine, African Traditional--history
Phytotherapy--history
Social Problems--history
History, 19th Century
United States.
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 195-200) and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Covey, Herbert C. African American slave medicine. Lanham : Lexington Books, ©2007
LCCN 2006035166
ISBN9780739116449 (cloth ; alk. paper)
ISBN0739116444 (cloth ; alk. paper)
ISBN0739116452
ISBN9780739116456
Standard identifier# 99816322937

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