African American Slave Medicine - Herbal and Non-Herbal Treatments

Informationen zum Autor By Herbert C. Covey 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

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• Autori: Herbert C. Covey, Covey Herbert C.
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.09.2008
• EAN: 9780739116456
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-1645-6
• Pagine: 207
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Categorie: Narrativa > Libri regalo, album, calendari perpetui, libri di cartoline; Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Medicina olistica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; MEDICAL / Alternative & Complementary Medicine, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), complementary medicine, History of the Americas, African American History