Secret cures of slaves : people, plants, and medicine in the eighteenth-century atlantic world /
Londa Schiebinger.
- Stanford, California : Stanford Univ. P., 2017.
- xiii, 234 p. : photos., maps.
Includes bibliographical references.
The rise of scientific medicine -- Experiments with the Negro Dr's materia medica -- Medical ethics -- Exploitive experiments -- The colonial crucible : debates over slavery -- Conclusion : the circulation of knowledge.
9781503602915 (pbk.)
Human experimentation in medicine--History--West Indies--18th century. Slaves--Health and hygiene--History--West Indies--18th century. Blacks--Medicine--History--West Indies--18th century. Traditional medicine--History--West Indies--18th century. Tropical medicine--History--West Indies--18th century.