African American Slave Medicine - Herbal and Non-Herbal Treatments

Informationen zum Autor Herbert C. Covey is retired deputy director of the Adams County, Colorado, Human Services Department. Klappentext African American Slave Medicine offers a critical examination of how African American slaves' medical needs were addressed during the years before and surrounding the Civil War. Dr. Herbert C. Covey inventories many of the herbal, plant, and non-plant remedies used by African American folk practitioners during slavery. Zusammenfassung African American Slave Medicine offers a critical examination of how African American slaves' medical needs were addressed during the years before and surrounding the Civil War. Dr. Herbert C. Covey inventories many of the herbal! plant! and non-plant remedies used by African American folk practitioners during slavery. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction: Medical Care and Slaves Chapter 2 White Medical Care of Slaves Chapter 3 Slave Folk Practitioners Chapter 4 Conjuring and Hoodoo Chapter 5 Slave Herbal Treatments Chapter 6 Slave Non-Herbal Treatments & Materia Medica Chapter 7 Closing Observations

Product details

• Authors: Herbert C. Covey, Covey Herbert C.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.09.2008
• EAN: 9780739116456
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-1645-6
• No. of pages: 207
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Gift books, albums, perpetual calendars, postcard booklets; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Holistic medicine; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; MEDICAL / Alternative & Complementary Medicine, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), c 1800 to c 1900, United States of America, USA, complementary medicine, History of the Americas, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, African American History