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Masters of Health

Racial Science and Slavery in U.S. Medical Schools
2022
The University of North Carolina Press

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Class photo of white men medical students on the steps of a building.
Book Review

Race and Early American Medical Schools: Review of "Masters of Health"

Medical schools in the antebellum U.S. were critical in the formation of a medical community that shared ideas about racial science.
by Natalie Shibley via Nursing Clio on February 14, 2023

Associated Excerpts

An advertisement from P.T. Barnum’s American Museum promoting a show called "Wild African Savages."

How U.S. Institutions Took an African Teen’s Life, Then Lost His Remains

Sturmann Yanghis, a 17-year-old South African, was put on stage in America as a “wild savage.” Harvard claimed his remains when he died. Then they disappeared.
by Sally H. Jacobs via Retropolis
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