Doctors and Slaves - A Medical Demographic History of Slavery in British West Indies,

Klappentext In this study Professor Sheridan presents a rich and wide-ranging account of the health care of slaves in the British West Indies! from 1680 1834. Zusammenfassung In this study Professor Sheridan presents a rich and wide-ranging account of the health care of slaves in the British West Indies, from 1680–1834. He demonstrates that while Caribbean island settlements were viewed by mercantile statesmen and economists as ideal colonies, the physical and medical realities were very different. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The disease environments and epidemiology; 2. The medical profession; 3. African and Afro-West Indian medicine; 4. The Guinea surgeons; 5. Slaves and plantations; 6. Labour, diet, and punishment; 7. Morbidity and mortality; 8. The problem of reproduction; 9. Smallpox and slavery; 10. Slave hospitals; 11. Plantation medical practice; 12. Slavery and medicine.

Product details

• Authors: Sheridan Richard B., Richard B. Sheridan, Sheridan Richard B.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.03.2009
• EAN: 9780521102384
• ISBN: 978-0-521-10238-4
• No. of pages: 444
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / General, General & world history, c 1500 onwards to present day, General and world history, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Health systems and services