This book tells the story of Fort Mose and the people who lived there. It challenges the notion of the American black colonial experience as only that of slavery, offering instead a richer and more balanced view of the black experience in the Spanish colonies from the arrival of Columbus to the American Revolution.
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This work highlights the cardiovascular syndromes that disproportionately afflict the elderly including arrhythmias, syncope, heart failure, and ischemic heart disease. Included are the fundamental issues outside of the cardiologists domain that are essential to providing elderly care including nutritional, neurological, pharmacologic, psychiatric, ethical and rehabilitation. The book also describes the surgical management of the elderly cardiac patient including post-operative care and surgical procedures.