Sex, sickness, and slavery illness in the antebellum South /

Weiner, Marli Frances, 1953-

Sex, sickness, and slavery illness in the antebellum South / [electronic resource] : Marli F. Weiner ; with Mazie Hough. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2012. - xii, 267 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Diseases--Social aspects--History--Southern States--19th century.
Diseases--Social aspects--History--Southern States--19th century--Sources.
Medicine--Practice--History--Southern States--19th century.
Physicians--History--Southern States--19th century.
Human body--Social aspects--History--Southern States--19th century.
Sex differences--Social aspects--History--Southern States--19th century.
Slavery--Social aspects--History--Southern States--19th century.
Race--Social aspects--History--Southern States--19th century.


Southern States--Race relations--History--19th century.
Southern States--Social conditions--19th century.


Electronic books.

RA418.3.U6 / W44 2012