{"product_id":"race-and-medicine-in-nineteenth-and-early-twentieth-century-america-paperback","title":"Race and Medicine in Nineteenth-And Early-Twentieth-Century America - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSavitt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEssential analysis of how African Americans experienced healthcare during a critical time in American history\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring 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. These attitudes continued into the Reconstruction and Jim Crow eras.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eRace and Medicine in Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century America\u003c\/em\u003e historian Todd Savitt presents revised and updated versions of his seminal essays on the medical history of African Americans in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, especially in the South. This collection examines a variety of aspects of African American medical history, including health and illnesses, medical experimentation, early medical schools and medical professionals, and slave life insurance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSavitt examines the history of sickle-cell anemia and identifies the first two patients with the disease noted in medical literature. He proposes an explanation of why the disease was not well known in the general African American population for at least 50 years after its discovery. He also explains why African Americans developed elephantiasis in the Charleston Low Country and not elsewhere in the country. Other topics Savitt explores include African American medical schools, the formation of an African American medical profession, and SIDS among Virginia slaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith its new research data and interpretations of existing materials, \u003cem\u003eRace and Medicine in Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century America\u003c\/em\u003e will be a valuable resource to those interested in the history of medicine and African American history as well as to the medical community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTodd Savitt\u003c\/strong\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.03 x 9.25 x 6.13 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67631081586962,"sku":"9781606355121","price":64.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/2211\/5346\/files\/pcQhxQI8QX9781606355121.webp?v=1792569075","url":"https:\/\/ckbookstore.net\/products\/race-and-medicine-in-nineteenth-and-early-twentieth-century-america-paperback","provider":"CK BOOKSTORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}