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MEDICAL REVOLUTIONARIES: The Enslaved Healers of Eighteenth-Century Saint Domingue
Karol K. Weaver
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Description for MEDICAL REVOLUTIONARIES: The Enslaved Healers of Eighteenth-Century Saint Domingue
Paperback. Herbalists, diviners, nurses, midwives, and veterinary practitioners flourished in the medical world of eighteenth-century Saint Domingue. Using Western, African, and Caribbean remedies, they treated the maladies of slaves, white residents, and animals. Num Pages: 184 pages, 8 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 318.
How slave healers inspired the Haitian Revolution, toppled the slave system, and led to the loss of France
How slave healers inspired the Haitian Revolution, toppled the slave system, and led to the loss of France
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252073212
SKU
V9780252073212
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About Karol K. Weaver
Karol Weaver is an assistant professor of American history and the history of medicine at Susquehanna University.
Reviews for MEDICAL REVOLUTIONARIES: The Enslaved Healers of Eighteenth-Century Saint Domingue
"Medical Revolutionaries is a flawlessly written work that should be of interest to a wide variety of scholars and non-scholars alike."
Journal of African American History
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