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  • Title: A Legacy of Scientific Racism: William Osler's "An Alabama Student".
    Author: Bryan CS, deShazo RD, Balch MW.
    Journal: Ann Intern Med; 2022 Jan; 175(1):114-118. PubMed ID: 35038401.
    Abstract:
    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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