African-American Slave Medicine
About this book
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.
Subjects
- african americans
- african americans, history
- african americans, medical care
- african traditional medicine
- black or african american
- health & fitness
- herbal medications
- herbs
- herbs, therapeutic use
- history
- history, 19th century
- history, modern, 19th century
- materia medica, vegetable
- medical care
- medicine
- medicine, united states
- phytotherapy
- slaves
- slaves, united states
- social problems
- therapeutic use
- traditional medicine
- united states, history, 19th century