On the Susceptibility of the Caucasian and African Races to the Different Classes of Disease

On the Susceptibility of the Caucasian and African Races to the Different Classes of Disease

Differences in the prevalence of disease--including rates of miscarriage--between white and Black women

A page from Southern Medical Reports containing an 1849 study conducted by Dr. E. M. Pendleton of Georgia on differences in the prevalence of certain diseases--including rates of miscarriage--between free white and enslaved Black women.

E. M. Pendleton, M.D.

physical: Southern Medical Reports vol. 1 (1849)

digital: Watkinson Library and Trinity College Archives, Trinity College (Hartford, CT)

1849

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