Description
What is disease? How have our ideas about disease changed over time and across different cultures? Have people’s experiences of disease also changed over time? This module will survey the history of medicine and health across a wide time frame. We will consider the history of specific diseases, such as cholera, tuberculosis, smallpox, plague, malaria and AIDS. We also will examine their social and medical impact during the past couple of centuries. In doing so, we will trace the interplay of scientific, clinical, social and moral judgments invested in 'framing' a disease. No prerequisites.
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 19th August 2024.
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