Race & Medicine in Nineteenth- And Early-Twentieth-Century America
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (931 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 087338878X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 453 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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. About the Author Todd Savitt is professor of medical humanities and history at the Brody School of Medicine of East Carolina University and is the secretary/treasurer of the American Association for the History of Medicine
During the days of slavery in America, racism and often-faulty medical theories contributed to an atmosphere in which African Americans were seen as chattel: some white physicians claimed that African Americans had physiological and anatomical differences that made them well suited for slavery. Savitt examines the history of sickle-cell anemia and identifies the first two patients with the disease noted in medical literature. Other topics Savitt explores include African American medical schools, the formation of an African American medical profession, and SIDS among Virginia slaves. In Race and Medicine, historian Todd Savitt presents revised and updated versions of his seminal essays on the medical
Well written story of African American physicians Todd Savitt's book has information on medicine and medical schools in the early 20th century that we've not been about to find anywhere else. Excellent read.
. Todd Savitt is professor of medical humanities and history at the Brody School of Medicine of East Carolina University and is the secretary/treasurer of the American Association for the History of Medicine