Disease and distinctiveness in the American South

Disease and distinctiveness in the American South / edited by Todd L. Savitt and James Harvey Young.

Other author/creator	Savitt, Todd Lee, 1943-
Other author/creator	Young, James Harvey.
Format	Book and Print
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, 1991, ©1988.
Description	xvii, 211 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subject(s)	Diseases--Southern States --History. Public health--Southern States --History. Disease Outbreaks--history --Southeastern United States --Congresses. Ethnic Groups--psychology --Southeastern United States --Congresses. Public Health--history --Southeastern United States --Congresses. Disease--history --Southern States. Public Health--history --Southern States. History of Medicine. History, Modern 1601- Southern States--Civilization.

Contents	Disease as a factor in southern distinctiveness / James O. Breeden -- The impact of malaria on the South / John Duffy -- Yellow fever / Jo Ann Carrigan -- The South's native foreigners / Alan I. Marcus -- Pellagra / Elizabeth W. Etheridge -- Slave health and southern distinctiveness / Todd L. Savitt -- Patent medicines / James Harvey Young.
Local note	Laupus-ECU authors
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [194]-196) and index.
Acquisitions source	Laupus- E. Daniel Shingleton Public Health Collection
LCCN	87030238
ISBN	0870496859
ISBN	9780870496851

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Laupus	Books - Stacks	WA 11 AA1 D611D 1991	✔ Available	Place Hold