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Birthing a slave : motherhood and medicine in the antebellum South / Marie Jenkins Schwartz.
LIBRA - Rare RG518.U5 S34 2006 Banks copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schwartz, Marie Jenkins, 1946-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Childbirth--Southern States--History--19th century.
- Childbirth.
- Obstetrics--Southern States--History--19th century.
- Obstetrics.
- Gynecology--Southern States--History--19th century.
- Gynecology.
- Motherhood--Southern States--History--19th century.
- Motherhood.
- Reproductive health--Southern States--History--19th century.
- Reproductive health.
- Enslaved women--Health and hygiene--Southern States--History--19th century.
- Enslaved women.
- Enslaved women--Medical care--Southern States--History--19th century.
- African American women--Health and hygiene--Southern States--History--19th century.
- African American women.
- African American women--Medical care--Southern States--History--19th century.
- Medicine--Southern States--History--19th century.
- Medicine.
- Obstetrics--history.
- Maternal Health Services--history.
- Women's Health--history.
- Black or African American--history.
- Reproductive Behavior--history.
- Cultural Characteristics.
- History, 19th Century.
- History.
- African American women--Medical care.
- African American women--Health and hygiene.
- Medical care.
- Southeastern United States.
- Southern States.
- Medical Subjects:
- Obstetrics--history.
- Maternal Health Services--history.
- Women's Health--history.
- Black or African American--history.
- Reproductive Behavior--history.
- Cultural Characteristics.
- History, 19th Century.
- Southeastern United States.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- ix pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 401 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2006.
- Contents:
- Procreation
- Healers
- Fertility
- Pregnancy
- Childbirth
- Postnatal Complications
- Gynecological Surgery
- Cancer and Other Tumors
- Freedwomen's Health.
- Notes:
- Jacket illustration: Robert A. Thom, J. Marion Sims: Gynecologic Surgeon.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-390) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy has dust jacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0674022025
- 9780674022027
- OCLC:
- 62179178
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