HIST 4520 - History of Medicine

Credits: (3)
Typically Taught Summer Semester: Full Sem
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem
Description:

This course will examine the history of medicine from antiquity to the present in a comparative framework. It will discuss changing ideas about the body, the nature of disease, the role of physicians, and the practice of medicine in relationship to larger cultural transformations.