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Author
Schwartz, Marie Jenkins, 1946-
Title
Birthing a slave : motherhood and medicine in the antebellum South / Marie Jenkins Schwartz.
Imprint
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2006.
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Axe 2nd Floor Stacks
618.2008996 Sch95b 2006
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Description
ix, 401 p. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-390) and index.
Contents
Procreation -- Healers -- Fertility -- Pregnancy -- Childbirth -- Postnatal complications -- Gynecological surgery -- Cancer and other tumors -- Freedwomen's health.
Subject
Childbirth -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Obstetrics -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Gynecology -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Motherhood -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Reproductive health -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Women slaves -- Health and hygiene -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Women slaves -- Medical care -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
African American women -- Health and hygiene -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
African American women -- Medical care -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Medicine -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Obstetrics -- history
Maternal Health Services -- history
Women's Health -- history
African Americans -- history
Reproductive Behavior -- history
Cultural Characteristics
History, 19th Century
Southeastern United States
ISBN
0674022025 (alk. paper)
9780674022027 (alk. paper)
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NLM 101278069
IG# 0674022025
YDXCP 2266830
AU@ 000028645864
NLGGC 288610318
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