HIS 189 History of Medicine
This course examines the development of medicine in the West from the ancient world through to the 21st century. The following topics will be examined: the history of the evolution of the concepts of health, illness, and disease causation in the West over the past three millennium; the historical development of Western biomedicine and the modern medical sciences; the development of public health from the Roman empire through to the twentieth century; the histories of various forms of medical practitioners including physicians, midwives, and nurses; the histories of medical institutions over the past millennium focusing on hospitals and asylums; and the history of health care and the medical sector in the United States. GE 5C or GE 6 unlinked.
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