In 1748, as yellow fever raged in Charleston, South Carolina, doctor John Lining remarked, “There is something very singular in the constitution of the Negroe

"In 1748, as yellow fever raged in Charleston, South Carolina, doctor John Lining remarked, 'There is something very singular in the constitution of the Negroes

The accomplishments of pioneering doctors such as John Peter Mettauer, James Marion Sims, and Nathan Bozeman are well documented. It is also no secret that thes

Opening a window on a dynamic realm far beyond imperial courts, anatomical theaters, and learned societies, Pablo F. Gomez examines the strategies that Caribbea

Working Cures explores black health under slavery showing how herbalism, conjuring, midwifery and other African American healing practices became arts of resist