Secret cures of slaves : people, plants, and medicine in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world / Londa Schiebinger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schiebinger, Londa L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human experimentation in medicine--West Indies--History--18th century.

Human experimentation in medicine.

Enslaved persons--Health and hygiene--West Indies--History--18th century.

Enslaved persons.

Black people--Medicine--West Indies--History--18th century.

Black people.

Traditional medicine--West Indies--History--18th century.

Traditional medicine.

Tropical medicine--West Indies--History--18th century.

Tropical medicine.

Enslaved persons--Health and hygiene.

West Indies--History--18th century.

West Indies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 234 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2017.

Summary:

This book explores the history of drug development and testing in the eighteenth-century Atlantic World, looking especially at whether slaves were exploited in human medical experiments at the time.-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The rise of scientific medicine

Experiments with the Negro Dr's materia medica

Medical ethics

Exploitive experiments

The colonial crucible : debates over slavery

Conclusion : the circulation of knowledge.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

9781503602984

Print version: Schiebinger, Londa L. Secret cures of slaves.

ISBN:

9781503602984 (electronic book)