African American Slave Medicine

Herbal and Non-herbal Treatments

• Author(s): Herbert C. Covey,
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Pages: 207
• ISBN_10: 0739116444
  ISBN_13: 9780739116449
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / Historical , Health & Fitness / Herbal Medications , Health & Fitness / Naturopathy , History / United States / 19th Century , History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) , History / African American & Black , Medical / General , Medical / Alternative & Complementary Medicine , Medical / History , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Slavery ,

Description:... 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.