Science and Medicine in the Old South

by Todd L. Savitt and Ronald L. Numbers

Book Overview

Consists primarily of papers from the first and second Barnard-Millington symposia, held at Oxford, Miss. in 1982 and at Jackson, Miss. in 1983. Fourteen essays examine the broad background of science in the South and show the ways in which the South's 19th century scientific and medical activities

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807114642
• ISBN13: 9780807114643
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.