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A Legacy of Scientific Racism: William Osler's "An Alabama Student".
Bryan, Charles S; deShazo, Richard D; Balch, Margaret W.
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  • Bryan CS; Department of Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina (C.S.B.).
  • deShazo RD; Department of Medical Education, The University of Alabama School of Medicine at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, and Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi (R.D.D.).
  • Balch MW; Reynolds-Finley Historical Library, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama (M.W.B.).
Ann Intern Med ; 175(1): 114-118, 2022 01.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35038401
William Osler's essay "An Alabama Student" made John Young Bassett (1804-1851) a widely admired avatar of idealism in medicine. However, Bassett fiercely attacked the idea that all humans are members of the same species (known as monogenesis) and asserted that Black inferiority was a justification for slavery. Antebellum physician-anthropologists bequeathed a legacy of scientific racism that in subtler forms still runs deep in American society, including in the field of medicine.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Physicians / Textbooks as Topic / Black People / Racism / Enslavement / Humanism Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: America do norte Language: En Journal: Ann Intern Med Year: 2022 Document type: Article Country of publication: United States
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Physicians / Textbooks as Topic / Black People / Racism / Enslavement / Humanism Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: America do norte Language: En Journal: Ann Intern Med Year: 2022 Document type: Article Country of publication: United States