Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-215) and index.
Contents:
When the slaves got sick : antebellum medical practice -- Sickness rages fearfully among them : a wartime medical crisis and its implications -- We have come out like men : African American military medical care -- We have come to a conclusion to bind ourselves together : African American associations and medical care -- No license; nor no deplomer : regulating private medical practice and public space -- By nature specially fitted for the care of the sufferer : black doctors, nurses, and patients after the war.
Series:
John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
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