STS 2071
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Classes
STS 2071
Course Description
Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2016-2017.
This course offers an introductory survey of the history of medicine (principally in Europe and the United States) from classical antiquity to the early twentieth century. Using a combination of both primary and secondary sources, students will learn about the "Hippocratic Heritage" of contemporary western medicine; medicine in late antiquity; faith and healing in the medieval period; medicine and knowledge in the Islamic world; medicine during the Renaissance (particularly the rise of the mechanical philosophy); medicine in the age of Enlightenment; professionalization, women-doctors and midwives, and battles over 'quackery' in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; the role of medicine in colonialism and empire; and the promises and perils of modern medicine (dramatic decreases in mortality on the one hand, the rise of Eugenics and the importance of Medicine to the National Socialist State on the other). As well as this temporal survey, we will consider a number of ongoing themes: race, bodily difference, and medicine; medicine and the environment; women, gender, and medicine; the history of the body; the history of sexuality; and the close connections between forms of social order and forms of medical knowledge. The course meets three times a week (for two lectures and a section) and is open to all.
When Offered Fall.
Breadth Requirement (HB)
Distribution Category (HA-AS)
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BSOC 2071, HIST 2710
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Rockefeller Hall 122
Instructors
Seth, S
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Rockefeller Hall 187
Instructors
Seth, S
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Uris Hall 301
Instructors
Seth, S
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Rockefeller Hall 187
Instructors
Seth, S
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Rockefeller Hall 187
Instructors
Seth, S
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Uris Hall G88
Instructors
Seth, S