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Author Butts, Heather

Title African American Medicine in Washington, D.C. : Healing the Capital During the Civil War Era
Published Mount Pleasant : Arcadia Publishing, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (126 pages)
Contents Front Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. African American Healthcare Providers and Patients in D.C. Prior to the Civil War; Healthcare of African Americans in D.C.; African American Healthcare Providers Training and Working in D.C.; 2. Unique Healthcare Issues of African American Soldiers and Prisoners of War; Healthcare of African American Soldiers During the Civil War; 3. African American Healthcare Providers in D.C. During the Civil War; Alexander Augusta; Anderson Abbott; Willis Revels; William Powell; Martin Delany
Henry TurnerHarriet Tubman; Sojourner Truth; Jane Isabella Saunders; Maria Toliver; Maria Mitchell; Alpheus Tucker; Cortlandt Van Rensselaer Creed; John Rapier; Charles Purvis; 4. African American Healthcare in D.C. after the Civil War; 5. African American Healthcare Providers in D.C. after the Civil War; Medical Societies; Families; Careers; Pensions and Postwar Military Recognition; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; About the Author
Summary "The true story of the black doctors and nurses who tended to Civil War soldiers in the capital. Just as African Americans fought in defense of the Union during the Civil War, African American nurses, doctors, and surgeons worked to heal those soldiers. In the nation's capital, these brave healthcare workers created a medical infrastructure for African Americans, by African Americans. Preeminent surgeon Alexander T. Augusta fought discrimination, visited President Lincoln, testified before Congress, and aided the war effort. Washington's Freedmen's Hospital was formed to serve the District's growing free African American population, eventually becoming the Howard University Medical Center. These physicians would form the National Medical Association, the largest and oldest organization representing African American doctors and patients. This book recounts the heroic lives and work of Washington's African American medical community during the Civil War."-- Provided by Freading
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Subject African American physicians -- Washington (D.C.)
African American nurses -- Washington (D.C.)
African Americans in medicine -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century
African Americans in the professions -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century
African Americans -- Medical care -- Washington (D.C.)
Medicine -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 19th century
HISTORY / African American.
African American nurses
African American physicians
African Americans
African Americans in medicine
African Americans in the professions
African Americans -- Medical care
Medical care
Medicine
SUBJECT United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140247
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140208
Subject United States
Washington (D.C.)
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Butts, Hugh Florenz
ISBN 9781625851895
1625851898