African American Slave Medicine: Herbal and Non-herbal TreatmentsAfrican 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. |
Contents
Introduction Medical Care and Slaves | 1 |
White Medical Care of Slaves | 19 |
Slave Folk Practitioners | 41 |
Conjuring and Hoodoo | 55 |
Slave Herbal and Plant Treatments | 73 |
Enslaved African American NonHerbal Treatments and Materia Medica | 125 |
Closing Observations | 147 |
Plant and Herb Treatments | 151 |
Unknown PlantHerbal Treatments | 181 |
NonPlant or Herbal Treatments | 183 |
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About the Author | |
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African American Slave Medicine: Herbal and non-Herbal Treatments Herbert C. Covey Limited preview - 2008 |
African American Slave Medicine: Herbal and Non-Herbal Treatments Herbert C. Covey No preview available - 2007 |
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