Medicine and Healing in the Age of Slavery
By brandi m. waters, chelsea berry, Christopher Willoughby, deirdre cooper owens, elisa a. mitchell, Leslie Schwalm, mary hicks, rana hogarth, robin derby, Sean Morey Smith, sharla fett, Tim Lockley, vanessa northington gamble | Publisher: LSU Press
About the book
CONTENTS:
Foreword, Vanessa Northington Gamble
“Introduction: Healing and the History of Medicine in the Atlantic World,” Sean Morey Smith and Christopher D. E. Willoughby
“Zemis and Zombies: Amerindian Healing Legacies on Hispaniola,” Lauren Derby
“Poisoned Relations: Medical Choices and Poison Accusations within Enslaved Communities,” Chelsea Berry
“Blood and Hair: Barbers, Sangradores, and the West African Corporeal Imagination in Salvador da Bahia,
1793–1843,” Mary E. Hicks
“Examining Antebellum Medicine through Haptic Studies,” Deirdre Cooper Owens
“Unbelievable Suffering: Rethinking Feigned Illness in Slavery and the Slave Trade,” Elise A. Mitchell
“Medicalizing Manumission: Slavery, Disability, and Medical Testimony in Late Colonial Colombia,”
Brandi M. Waters
“A Case Study in Charleston: Impressions of the Early National Slave Hospital,” Rana A. Hogarth
“From Skin to Blood: Interpreting Racial Immunity to Yellow Fever,” Timothy James Lockley
“Black Bodies, Medical Science, and the Age of Emancipation,” Leslie A. Schwalm
“Epilogue: Black Atlantic Healing in the Wake,” Sharla M. Fett
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CONTENTS:
Foreword, Vanessa Northington Gamble
“Introduction: Healing and the History of Medicine in the Atlantic World,” Sean Morey Smith and Christopher D. E. Willoughby
“Zemis and Zombies: Amerindian Healing Legacies on Hispaniola,” Lauren Derby
“Poisoned Relations: Medical Choices and Poison Accusations within Enslaved Communities,” Chelsea Berry
“Blood and Hair: Barbers, Sangradores, and the West African Corporeal Imagination in Salvador da Bahia,
1793–1843,” Mary E. Hicks
“Examining Antebellum Medicine through Haptic Studies,” Deirdre Cooper Owens
“Unbelievable Suffering: Rethinking Feigned Illness in Slavery and the Slave Trade,” Elise A. Mitchell
“Medicalizing Manumission: Slavery, Disability, and Medical Testimony in Late Colonial Colombia,”
Brandi M. Waters
“A Case Study in Charleston: Impressions of the Early National Slave Hospital,” Rana A. Hogarth
“From Skin to Blood: Interpreting Racial Immunity to Yellow Fever,” Timothy James Lockley
“Black Bodies, Medical Science, and the Age of Emancipation,” Leslie A. Schwalm
“Epilogue: Black Atlantic Healing in the Wake,” Sharla M. Fett
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What is Medicine and Healing in the Age of Slavery about?
CONTENTS:
Foreword, Vanessa Northington Gamble
“Introduction: Healing and the History of Medicine in the Atlantic World,” Sean Morey Smith and Christopher D. E. Willoughby
“Zemis and Zombies: Amerindian Healing Legacies on Hispaniola,” Lauren Derby
“Poisoned Relations: Medical Choices and Poison Accusations within Enslaved Communities,” Chelsea Berry
“Blood and Hair: Barbers, Sangradores, and the West African Corporeal Imagination in Salvador da Bahia,
1793–1843,” Mary E. Hicks
“Examining Antebellum Medicine through Haptic Studies,” Deirdre Cooper Owens
“Unbelievable Suffering: Rethinking Feigned Illness in Slavery and the Slave Trade,” Elise A. Mitchell
“Medicalizing Manumission: Slavery, Disability, and Medical Testimony in Late Colonial Colombia,”
Brandi M. Waters
“A Case Study in Charleston: Impressions of the Early National Slave Hospital,” Rana A. Hogarth
“From Skin to Blood: Interpreting Racial Immunity to Yellow Fever,” Timothy James Lockley
“Black Bodies, Medical Science, and the Age of Emancipation,” Leslie A. Schwalm
“Epilogue: Black Atlantic Healing in the Wake,” Sharla M. Fett
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History and Archaeology > History > History: specific events and topics > Slavery, enslaved persons and abolition of slavery
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Medicine and Healing in the Age of Slavery has 239 page(s)
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Medicine and Healing in the Age of Slavery?
brandi m. waters, chelsea berry, Christopher Willoughby, deirdre cooper owens, elisa a. mitchell, Leslie Schwalm, mary hicks, rana hogarth, robin derby, Sean Morey Smith, sharla fett, Tim Lockley, vanessa northington gamble
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LSU Press
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