HIST 8 Body Parts, Body Wholes: An Introduction to the Comparative History of Medicine
This course examines the possibilities and problems of comparing medicine across time and region. We will begin by considering divergent conceptions of the body in Chinese and Greek antiquity before moving on to the transformation of the healing traditions and the advance of modern biomedicine since 1800. Instead of imposing "holism" or "reductionism" on medical traditions, this course encourages students to view past expressions of medicine as a means of analyzing our own self here and now.
Instructor
Not being offered during 2022-23
Department-Specific Course Categories
Class of 2023 and Before Major Dist: INTER; Class of 2024 and Beyond Major Dist: Asia, premodern.