Masters of Health - Racial Science and Slavery in U.s. Medical Schools

"Medical science in antebellum America was organized around a paradox: it presumed African Americans to be less than human yet still human enough to be viable as experimental subjects, as cadavers, and for use in the training of medical students. By taking a hard look at the racial ideas of both northern and southern medical schools, Christopher D.E. Willoughby reveals that racist ideas were not external to the medical profession but fundamental to medical knowledge"--

About the author

Christopher D.E Willoughby is visiting professor of the history of medicine and health at Pitzer College. He is also editor of the book Medicine and Healing in the Age of Slavery.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Willoughby
• Publisher: University Of North Carolina
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2022
• EAN: 9781469672120
• ISBN: 978-1-4696-7212-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore