Intensely Human

Author: Margaret Humphreys
Edition: 1
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0801886961

Intensely Human: The Health of the Black Soldier in the American Civil War

Black soldiers in the American Civil War were far more likely to die of disease than were white soldiers. Medical books Intensely Human. In Intensely Human, historian Margaret Humphreys explores why this uneven mortality occurred and how it was interpreted at the time. In doing so, she uncovers the perspectives of mid-nineteenth-century physicians and others who were eager to implicate the so-called innate inferiority of the black body.

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"Black soldiers in the American Civil War were far more likely to die of disease than were white soldiers. In Intensely Human, historian Margaret Humphreys explores why this uneven mortality occurred and how it was interpreted at the time. In doing so, she uncovers the perspectives of mid-nineteenth-century physicians and others who were eager to implicate the so-called innate inferiority of the black body. In the archival collections of the US Sanitary Commission, Humphreys found evidence that the high death rate among black soldiers resulted from malnourishment, inadequate shelter and clothi

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age level from 17 author margaret humphreys format hardback language english publication year 04 04 2008 subject history military subject 2 regional history title intensely human the health of the black soldier in the american civil war author humphreys margaret publisher johns hopkins univ pr publication date mar 01 2008 pages 197 binding hardcover edition 1 st dimensions 5 75 wx 8 75 hx 0 75 d isbn 0801886961 subject medical history description humphreys history of medicine duke u explores w

Medical Book Intensely Human

In Intensely Human, historian Margaret Humphreys explores why this uneven mortality occurred and how it was interpreted at the time. In doing so, she uncovers the perspectives of mid-nineteenth-century physicians and others who were eager to implicate the so-called innate inferiority of the black body.

In the archival collections of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, Humphreys found evidence that the high death rate among black soldiers resulted from malnourishment, inadequate shelter and clothing, inferior medical attention, and assignments to hazardous environments.

While some observant physicians of the day attributed the black soldiers' high mortality rate to these circumstances, few medical professionals—on either side of the conflict—were prepared to challenge the "biological evidence" of white superiority. Humphreys shows how, despite sympathetic and responsible physicians' efforts to expose the truth, the stereotype of black biological inferiority prevailed during the war and after.