Bodies of Knowledge: The Influence of Slaves on the Antebellum Medical Community
The influence of slaves on the south is well documented in areas such as agriculture, music, diet, religion and language. This thesis extends the list to include medicine. It also suggests that the importance of cultural transfer to America from places other than Europe has been overlooked in the hi...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36885 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-65172149731401/ |