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Sex, sickness, and slavery : illness in the antebellum South /

This study of medical treatment in the antebellum South argues that Southern physicians' scientific training and practice uniquely entitled them to formulate medical justification for the imbalanced racial hierarchies of the period.

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Weiner, Marli Frances, 1953-
Autres auteurs: Hough, Mazie
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2012]
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Description
Résumé:This study of medical treatment in the antebellum South argues that Southern physicians' scientific training and practice uniquely entitled them to formulate medical justification for the imbalanced racial hierarchies of the period.
Description matérielle:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780252094071
0252094077
1283582767
9781283582766
9786613895219
6613895210