African American slave medicine : herbal and non-herbal treatments / Herbert C. Covey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Covey, Herbert C.

Contributor:

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Enslaved persons--Medicine--United States--History--19th century.

Enslaved persons.

Enslaved persons--Medical care--United States--History--19th century.

Traditional medicine--United States--History--19th century.

Traditional medicine.

Herbs--Therapeutic use--United States--History--19th century.

Herbs.

African Americans--Medicine--United States--History--19th century.

African Americans.

Black or African American--history.

African Americans--Medicine.

History.

Herbs--Therapeutic use.

Enslaved persons--Medical care.

United States.

Medicine, African Traditional--history.

History, 19th Century.

Phytotherapy--history.

Social Problems--history.

Medical Subjects:

Black or African American--history.

United States.

Medicine, African Traditional--history.

History, 19th Century.

Phytotherapy--history.

Social Problems--history.

Physical Description:

vii, 207 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2007]

Summary:

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 remedies used by African American folk practitioners during slavery.

Contents:

Introduction: medical care and slaves

White medical care of slaves

Slave folk practitioners

Conjuring and hoodoo

Slave herbal and plant treatments

Enslaved African American non-herbal treatments and materia medica

Closing observations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-200) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9780739116449

0739116444

OCLC:

74459824