Schiebinger, Londa L.

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.

R653 H8 S347 2017