COURSE OUTLINE

(Fall 2000 - PART I) (PART II)

Wednesdays*

August 23

Welcome
Introduction to Medical History
 PowerPoint Presentation  [download]
Bibliographic Search
Porter, Ch. I, Introduction 

Jennette
Azar

McKenzie

Sept. 6

"Primitive" Medicine
Cherokee Medicine
Medicine in Haiti
Porter, Ch. II, Roots of Medicine
1-page term paper proposal due; also designate book for review

Azar/McLendon
 Jessica Delbove
Art Maimon

Sept. 20

Medicine in Antiquity
PowerPoint Presentation  [download]
The Legacy of Hippocrates
PowerPoint Presentation  [download]
Porter, Ch. III, Antiquity

Azar
Denis Hadjiliades

Oct. 4

Transmission of Greco-Arabic Medicine to Europe
PowerPoint Presentation  [download]
World Epidemics
Legacy of Galen
PowerPoint Presentation  [download]
Plagues and People
PowerPoint Presentation  [download]
Porter, Ch. IV & V

Azar

Reisner
Tara Morrison

Reisner

 

Oct. 18 

Medical Traditions of India 
Medical Traditions of China
Porter, Ch. VI & VII
5-page "short" term paper due

Afsaneh Pirzadeh
Brett Pearce

Nov. 1 

Renaissance and the Rise of Anatomy
William Harvey: Heart and Circulation	 
Porter, Ch. VIII, IX

Jane Phillips
Roberts

Nov. 15

Enlightenment: Some Newer Ideas
Smallpox and Edward Jenner
Porter, Ch. X
Book review due

Azar
TBA 

Nov. 29
 
Eighteenth/Early Nineteenth Century: 
            Clinico-Pathological Correlation 
            The Paris Clinic
Rudolf Virchow and Cellular Pathology	
Porter, Ch. XI and XII

Bryan


Grisham 

 

Dec. 6

The Rise of Microbiology and Immunology
Medicine during the American Civil War
Porter, Ch. XIII & XIV
Term paper due by Dec.13

Jennette
Bryan/McLendon

(Spring 2001 - PART II)

Wednesdays

Jan. 10 

Writing History
Textbooks of Medicine: 1898-1998	    
Porter, Introduction

McLendon
Azar

 

Jan. 24 

Landmarks in Public Health
Hookworm Disease in North Carolina
Porter, Ch. XV
1-paragraph or page term proposal due; also select book for review 
Bryan
TBA


Feb. 7

Landmarks in Psychiatry
Is Autism a New Disease?
Porter, Ch. XVI

TBA
TBA

Feb. 21

Nutrition in Historical Perspective
Human Experimentation
Porter, Ch. XVII & XVIII

J. Anderson (P.H.)
D. Nelson (Soc. Med.)

March 7

Landmarks in Midwifery and Obstetrics
Florence Nightingale
Porter, see Index
5-page short term paper due

TBA
TBA

March 21

Surgery and Great Surgeons in History
History of Anesthesia
Porter, Ch. XIX
Book review due

Roberts
TBA

April 4

Rise of Molecular Pathology
Advent of Medical Informatics
Porter, Ch. XX

Edgell
McLendon

April 18

Health Delivery Systems
Issues of Medicine and the Law
Porter, Ch. XXI

Madison
TBA

May 2

  

The Twentieth Century: A Group Perspective
Group Discussion: Book Reviews and Papers
Porter, Ch. XXII
Term paper due by May 9

McLendon/Bryan
Azar

*Students are expected to devote 2 to 3 hours of independent bibliographic or web-site search per week in preparation for 30-minute presentations, book review and term paper.