This unit provides students with a valuable historical perspective on changing medical techniques and perceptions in which to locate current and emerging health issues. The following topics are covered: historical epidemiological transitions; methodologies and sources; Egyptian, Greek and Roman medicine; the Black Death in fourteenth-century England; biological imperialism in the New World; medical practitioners in medieval and early modern Europe; witchcraft, mental health and religious healing; transitions in medical thought from medieval times to Enlightenment; health and disease in maritime exploration; public health in the Victorian age; warfare and disease; health care, ideology and... -- Course Website
Instructor: Associate Professor Angus Cook, Winthrop Professor Susan Broomhall and Dr David Barrie
Prerequisites: for MB BS students: at least one year of the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree; for other students: 24 points of Level 1 units in any discipline
