Secret doctors : ethnomedicine of African Americans / Wonda L. Fontenot.

Westport, Conn. ; London : Bergin & Garvey, 1994.

xxvi, 162 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

"This book ... began as my dissertation"--Pref. and acknowledgements.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-157) and index.

Historic and contemporary Opelousas Territory -- African Americans and medicine: a historical perspective -- Secret doctors tell their stories -- Madame Neau and ethnopsychiatry -- African-American women and health care -- Religion, prayer narratives, and healing -- Ritual artifacts -- Medical ethnobotany of African Americans.