Essay Review ID: CBB454547678

Slavery and the Production, Circulation and Practice of Medicine (2018)

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Examining the evolution of western medicine, the politics of reproduction and medical knowledge creation and circulation, and the symbiotic relationship between medicine, slavery and abolition, the books reviewed raise important questions about how the dynamics of race, gender and class inform medical research and practice, medical ethics and medical capitalism. An examination of the human costs of the Middle Passage, Slavery at Sea traces the violence inflicted upon the body of captive Africans, and ship surgeons’ roles in preserving and restoring captives’ health. Similarly interested in the importance of doctors keeping slaves healthy, Medical Bondage illustrates how modern gynecology developed from its experiments on the bodies of vulnerable populations,...

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Authors & Contributors
Berry, Chelsea
Kate Ramsey
Brixius, Dorit
Mustakeem, Sowande M.
Wright, David
Weiner, Marli Frances
Concepts
Slavery and slaves
Medicine and race
Medicine
Physicians; doctors
Slavery, abolition, and emancipation
Great Britain, colonies
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century
20th century, early
17th century
Places
United States
Caribbean
Southern states (U.S.)
Great Britain
West Africa
Cuba
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