Description
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.
Author: Herbert C. Covey
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 03/01/2007
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 9.08h x 6.42w x 0.88d
ISBN13: 9780739116449
ISBN10: 0739116444
BISAC Categories:
- Medical | History
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | African American & Black Studies
- Social Science | Slavery
Author: Herbert C. Covey
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 03/01/2007
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 9.08h x 6.42w x 0.88d
ISBN13: 9780739116449
ISBN10: 0739116444
BISAC Categories:
- Medical | History
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | African American & Black Studies
- Social Science | Slavery
About the Author
Herbert C. Covey is an instructor in the College of Continuing Education at the University of Colorado at Boulder.