Science & Medicine

by Thomas, James G., Jr.; Wilson, Charles Reagan

• ISBN13: 9780807837207
• ISBN10: 0807837202
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-11-26
• Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr

Summary

Science and medicine have been critical to southern history and the formation of southern culture. For three centuries, scientists in the South have documented the lush natural world around them and set a lasting tradition of inquiry. The medical history of the region, however, has been at times tragic. Disease, death, and generations of poor health have been the legacy of slavery, the plantation economy, rural life, and poorly planned cities. The essays in this volume explore this legacy as well as recent developments in technology, research, and medicine in the South. Subjects include natural history, slave health, medicine in the Civil War, public health, eugenics, HIV/AIDS, environmental health, and the rise of research institutions and hospitals, to name but a few. With 38 thematic essays, 44 topical entries, and a comprehensive overview essay, this volume offers an authoritative reference to science and medicine in the American South.

Author Biography

James G. Thomas Jr. is associate director for publications at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi. He is also managing editor of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture. Charles Reagan Wilson is Kelly Gene Cook Sr. Chair in History and professor of southern studies at the University of Mississippi. He is coeditor, with William Ferris, of the original Encyclopedia of Southern Culture.

Table of Contents

General Introduction	p. xi
Introduction	p. xvii
Science and Medicine	p. 1
Abortion	p. 25
Aerospace	p. 29
Agriculture, Scientific	p. 33
Alcohol and Alcoholism	p. 37
American Indian Health and Medicine	p. 41
Childbirth, Antebellum	p. 46
Civil War Medicine	p. 50
Climate and Weather	p. 54
Drug Use	p. 57
Education, Medical	p. 62
Environmental Health	p. 67
Eugenics	p. 71
Folk Medicine	p. 76
Gender and Health	p. 80
Healers, Women	p. 85
Health, African American	p. 88
Health, Mental	p. 92
Health, Public	p. 96
Health, Rural	p. 100
Health, Worker	p. 203
Maternal and Child Health, Urban	p. 108
Medical Care, Public Health, and Race	p. 113
Medical Centers	p. 117
Medical Science, Racial Ideology, and Practice, to Reconstruction	p. 118
Medicine, States' Rights	p. 120
Obesity	p. 123
Physicians, African American	p. 125
Poverty, Effects of	p. 130
Professionalization of Science	p. 133
Racialized Medicine	p. 138
Racism, Scientific	p. 143
Science and Religion (Evolution vs. Creationism)	p. 147
Slavery and Medicine	p. 151
Slaves in Medical Education and Medical Experiments	p. 155
Surgeons General	p. 159
Technological Education	p. 167
Technology	p. 172
Urban Health Conditions	p. 176
Barnard, Frederick A. P.	p. 181
Breckinridge, Mary. See Frontier Nursing Service Cancer Alley (Louisiana)	p. 182
Carver, George Washington	p. 183
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	p. 185
Country Doctor	p. 188
Creation Science	p. 190
DDT	p. 192
DeBakey, Michael	p. 194
Faith Healing	p. 195
Frontier Nursing Service	p. 197
Garden, Alexander	p. 200
Geophagia and Pica	p. 200
Guyton, Arthur C.	p. 202
Hardy, James D.	p. 204
Herty, Charles Holmes	p. 206
HIV/AIDS	p. 207
Hookworm	p. 210
Hoxsey Therapy	p. 211
Influenza Epidemic of 1918	p. 212
LeConte, John and Joseph	p. 214
Leprosy	p. 215
Lewis, Henry Clay	p. 219
Long, Crawford W.	p. 221
Malaria	p. 222
Maury, Matthew Fontaine	p. 224
McDowell, Ephraim	p. 225
Medical Committee for Human Rights	p. 225
Medical Museums	p. 228
Medicine Shows and Patent Medicines	p. 229
Meharry Medical College	p. 232
Moore, Samuel Preston	p. 234
Pellagra	p. 235
Poteat, William Louis	p. 238
Reed, Walter	p. 239
Research Triangle Park	p. 240
Ruffin, Edmund	p. 241
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital	p. 243
Savannah River Site	p. 245
Scopes Trial	p. 246
Sickle Cell Anemia	p. 248
Sims, J. Marion	p. 250
Slave Hospitals	p. 252
Tuskegee Syphilis Study (United States Public Health Service Syphilis Study)	p. 254
Whitfield (Mississippi State Hospital)	p. 256
Yellow Fever	p. 259
Index of Contributors	p. 261
Index	p. 263
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