Title: Race And Medicine in Nineteenth-and Early-Twentieth-century America
Description: "In Race and Medicine historian Todd Savitt presents revised and updated versions of his seminal essays on the medical history of African Americans in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, especially in the South. This collection examines a variety of aspects of African American medical history, including health and illnesses, medical experimentation, early medical schools and medical professionals, and slave life insurance."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: African Americans, Health and hygiene, History, Medical care, Sickle cell anemia, Racism, Delivery of Health Care, Medical Education, History, 19th Century, History, 20th Century, Black or African American