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We will be meeting Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday, 10-11 a.m. Mondays and Tuesdays will be lectures; on Wednesdays, you will meet with your section leaders for discussion of readings and assignments. \par We will review the development of Western medicine from a variety of viewpoints, with special attention to the social and intellectual contexts of medical personnel, institutions, and ideas. We will address, in particular, the following issues: \par {\listtext\pard\plain\hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 a)\tab}}\pard \ql \fi-360\li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx720\faauto\ls1\rin0\lin720\itap0 {\fs24 The social definition of the physician\rquote s role. We will examine the tension between the medical marketplace, populated by a variety of competing healers, and the medical licensing system, as it was gradually introduced in the late Middle Ages. We will consider the varying criteria of inclusion and exclusion from medical practice (such as, most importantly, gender). We will also look at significant changes in the relationship between healers and patients, as regulated by social custom and by the law. \par {\listtext\pard\plain\hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 b)\tab}Cultural perceptions of the body and definitions of health and illness, in their relationship to preferred forms of treatment. \par {\listtext\pard\plain\hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 c)\tab}The epistemology of medicine. We will examine the interplay of theoretical models with the practices of observation and recording of data. We will focus espe cially on the intellectual exchange between medicine and other disciplines, such as natural philosophy and natural history. \par {\listtext\pard\plain\hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 d)\tab}The varying relationship between medicine and religious belief. \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\fs24 \par \par }{\fs24\ul Instructor}{\fs24 : Prof. Gianna Pomata \par Email: }{\field\flddirty{\*\fldinst {\fs24 HYPERLINK "mailto:gpomata1@jhmi.edu" }{\fs24 {\*\datafield 00d0c9ea79f9bace118c8200aa004ba90b020000001700000012000000670070006f006d00610074006100310040006a0068006d0069002e006500640075000000e0c9ea79f9bace118c8200aa004ba90b320000006d00610069006c0074006f003a00670070006f006d00610074006100310040006a0068006d0069002e00 6500640075000000}}}{\fldrslt {\cs20\fs24 gpomata1@jhmi.edu}}}{\fs24 \par }\pard\plain \s1\ql \li0\ri0\keepn\nowidctlpar\faauto\outlinelevel0\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {Phone: 410-955-3037 \par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\fs24 Secretary: Ms. Manfredo: 410-955-3662 \par Office Hours: Monday, 11-12 \par }{\fs24\lang1040\langfe1033\langnp1040 TAs: Ms. Sandra Eder, Ms. Susan Lamb, Mr. Massimo Petrozzi}{\fs24 \par \par }{\fs24\ul Requirements and grading}{\fs24 : \par The course is organized into two lectures and one discussion section per week. Doing well in this course requires regularly attending lectures, participating in discussions and keeping up with the readings. \par Your grade will be based on the following: participation in discussion section (20%); written assignment (20%); mid-term exam (30%); final exam (30%). \par For each Wednesday, readings are listed that will form the basis of the discussion. \par \par }{\fs24\ul Required Texts}{\fs24 (available in bookstore): \par L. I. Conrad, et al., }{\i\fs24 The Western Medical Tradition: 800 BC to AD 1800, }{\fs24 Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1995 (out of print, but used copies are available for buying online). \par Nancy G. Siraisi, }{\i\fs24 Medieval and Early Renaissance Medicine. An Introduction to Knowledge and Practice, }{\fs24 Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1990. \par Shigehisa Kuriyama, }{\i\fs24 The Expressiveness of the Body and the Divergence of Greek and Chinese Medicine, }{\fs24 New York, Zone Books, 1999. \par \par All other readings for the course are on reserve at the Eisenhower Library and on the library website. Look for \'93reserve readings\'94 and the course number or the instructor\rquote s name.}{\fs24\cf6 \par }{\fs24 \par }{\b\fs24 September 10, 11, 12: }{\b\fs24\ul Introduction}{\b\fs24 . \par \par September 10: }{\fs24 Body, health and disease in historical perspective.}{\b\fs24 }{\fs24 \par \par }{\b\fs24 September 11: }{\fs24 The notion of a Western medical tradition: a critical overview. \par \par }{\b\fs24 September 12: }{\fs24 Discussion. \par }{\fs24\ul Readings:}{\fs24 \par Kuriyama, \'93Grasping the language of life\'94; \'93Styles of seeing: muscularity and identity\'94, in }{\i\fs24 The Expressiveness of the Body}{\fs24 : ch. 1, pp. 17-60; ch. 3, part 1, pp. 111-151. \par \tab \par \par }{\b\fs24 September 17, 18, 19: }{\b\fs24\ul Ancient Greek Medicine.}{\b\fs24 \par \par September 17: }{\fs24 Medicine, religion and philosophy in the Greek world. The Corpus Hippocraticum. \par \par }{\b\fs24 September 18:}{\fs24 Practice: healers and patients. The medical sects: empiricism and rationalism. \par \par }{\b\fs24 September 19}{\fs24 : Discussion. \par }{\fs24\ul Readings}{\fs24 : Vivian Nutton, \'93Medicine in the Greek World\'94, in }{\i\fs24 The Western Medical Tradition, }{\fs24 pp. 11-38. \par Kuriyama, \'93Blood and Life\'94; \'93Wind and Self\'94, in }{\i\fs24 The Expressiveness of the Body,}{\fs24 ch. 5, pp. 195-232; }{\i\fs24 }{\fs24 ch. 6, pp. 233-70. \par }{\fs24\ul Sources}{\fs24 (from the Hippocratic Corpus): }{\i\fs24 Epidemics}{\fs24 , Book 1. \par }{\i\fs24 On Airs, Waters, and Places}{\fs24 , parts 1-6. \par \par \par }{\b\fs24 September 24, 25, 26: }{\b\fs24\ul Hellenistic and Roman Medicine.}{\b\fs24 \par \par September 24}{\fs24 : Alexandria and the origins of anatomy. \par }{\b\fs24 \par September 2}{\fs24 5: Galen and the transformation of Hippocratism. \par \par }{\b\fs24 September 2}{\fs24 7: Discussion. \par }{\fs24\ul Reading}{\fs24 : Vivian Nutton, \'93Roman medicine, 250 BC to AD 200\'94 in }{\i\fs24 The Western Medical Tradition, }{\fs24 pp. 39-70. \par }{\fs24\ul Sources}{\fs24 : Celsus, }{\i\fs24 Proemium}{\fs24 , in }{\i\fs24 De medicina, }{\fs24 Loeb Library, vol. 1, pp. 3-41. \par Galen, \'93The Best Doctor is also a Philosopher\'94, in Galen, }{\i\fs24 Selected Works}{\fs24 , tr. P.N. Singer, Oxford Up, 1997, pp. 30-34.}{\i\fs24 \par }{\fs24 Galen, \'93Epode\'94 in }{\i\fs24 Usefulness of the Parts, }{\fs24 pp. 724-33. \par Galen}{\b\fs24 , }{\i\fs24 On Prognosis, }{\fs24 tr. }{\fs24\lang1040\langfe1033\langnp1040 Vivian Nutton, C.M.G., Berlin, 1979, pp. 69-87. \par }{\i\fs24\lang1040\langfe1033\langnp1040 \par }{\b\fs24 October 1, 2, 3: }{\b\fs24\ul Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages.}{\b\fs24 \par \par October 1: }{\fs24 Christianity and medicine.}{\b\fs24 \par \par October 2: }{\fs24 The transmission of the ancient texts.}{\b\fs24 \par \par October 3: }{\fs24 Discussion.}{\b\fs24 \par }{\fs24\ul Readings:}{\fs24 Vivian Nutton, \'93Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages\'94, in}{\b\fs24 }{\i\fs24 The Western Medical Tradition, }{\fs24 pp. 71-87. \par Nancy Siraisi, }{\i\fs24 Medieval and Early Renaissance Medicine}{\fs24 : ch. 1, pp. 1-16.}{\b\fs24 \par }{\i\fs24\ul\cf6 \par }{\b\fs24 \par October 8, 9, 10: }{\b\fs24\ul Arab-Islamic Medicine.}{\b\fs24 \par \par October 8: }{\fs24 The assimilation of Greek humoral medicine. \par }{\b\fs24 \par October 9: }{\fs24 Avicenna\rquote s medical system. \par }{\b\fs24 \par October 10: }{\fs24 Discussion. \par }{\fs24\ul Reading}{\fs24 : Lawrence I. Conrad, \'93The Arab-Islamic Medical Tradition\'94, in}{\b\fs24 }{\i\fs24 The Western Medical Tradition, }{\fs24 pp. 93-138.}{\b\fs24 \par }{\fs24\ul Source}{\fs24 : Max Meyerhof, \'93Thirty-three clinical observations by Rhazes (circa 900 AD)\'94, in }{\i\fs24 Isis, }{\fs24 23, 2, 1935, pp. 321-72. \par \par }{\b\fs24 PAPER #1 DUE: Compare the case histories in the excerpts from the Hippocratic }{\b\i\fs24 Epidemics}{\b\fs24 , Galen\rquote s }{\b\i\fs24 On Prognosis}{\b\fs24 and Rhazes. \par }{\fs24 Detailed guidelines for the writing of the paper will be distributed in class. \par \par }{\b\fs24 \par October 15: Fall Break Day: classes suspended \par \par October 16-17: }{\b\fs24\ul Medieval Medicine I. \par }{\b\fs24 \par October 16: }{\fs24 The emergence of a licensing system. \par }{\b\fs24 \par October 17:}{\fs24 Discussion. \par }{\fs24\ul Readings}{\fs24 : Vivian Nutton, \'93Medicine in Medieval Western Europe\'94, 1000-1500\'94, in}{\b\fs24 }{\i\fs24 The Western Medical Tradition, }{\fs24 pp. 139-205; Siraisi, ch. 2, \'93Practitioners and Conditions of practice\'94, pp. 17-47. \par }{\b\fs24 \par October 22}{\fs24 : }{\b\fs24 MID-TERM EXAM.}{\fs24 \par }{\b\fs24 \par October 23-24 : }{\b\fs24\ul Medieval Medicine II. \par }{\b\fs24 \par October 23:}{\fs24 Medicine as an academic discipline. Scholastic medical genres. \par Medieval medical practice. \par \par }{\b\fs24 October 24}{\fs24 : Discussion. \par }{\fs24\ul Readings}{\fs24 : Siraisi, ch. 3, \'93Medical Education\'94, pp. 48-77; ch. 4, \'93Physiological and Anatomical Knowledge\'94, pp. 78-114; ch. 5, \'93Disease and Treatment\'94, pp. 115-152. \par \par \par }{\b\fs24 October 29, 30, 31: }{\b\fs24\ul The Medical Renaissance.}{\b\fs24 \par \par October 29: }{\fs24 Medical Humanism.}{\b\fs24 \par \par October 30: }{\fs24 The renaissance of anatomy.}{\b\fs24 \par \par October 31: }{\fs24 Discussion. \par }{\fs24\ul Readings}{\fs24 : Andrew Wear, \'93Medicine in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1700\'94 in}{\fs24\cf6 }{\i\fs24 The Western Medical Tradition, }{\fs24 pp. 250-280; 298-310. Katherine Park, \'93The Empire of Anatomy\'94, in }{\i\fs24 Secrets of Women. Gender, Generation, and the Origins of Human Dissection, }{\fs24 Boston, MIT Press, 2006, ch. 5, pp. 207-260. \par \par }{\b\fs24 \par November 5, 6, 7}{\fs24 : }{\b\fs24\ul The Early Modern Medical Profession.}{\fs24 \par }{\b\fs24 \par November 5}{\fs24 : Medical Colleges and professionalization. \par \par }{\b\fs24 November 6}{\fs24 : Physicians, apothecaries and barber-surgeons: cooperation and rivalry: \par \par }{\b\fs24 November 7}{\fs24 : Discussion. \par }{\fs24\ul Readings}{\fs24 : Andrew Wear, \'93Medicine in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1700\'94 in}{\fs24\cf6 }{\i\fs24 The Western Medical Tradition, }{\fs24 pp. 215-250: Gianna Pomata, }{\i\fs24 Contracting a Cure: Patients, Healers and the Law in Early Modern Bologna, }{\fs24 Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1998, ch. 3 and Appendix, pp. 56-94; 173-180. \par }{\i\fs24 \par \par }{\b\fs24 November 12, 13, 14}{\fs24 : }{\b\fs24\ul Challenges to the Medical Orthodoxy.}{\fs24\ul }{\b\fs24 \par \par November 12: }{\fs24 Paracelsianism and chemical medicine. \par \par }{\b\fs24 November 13:}{\fs24 }{\b\fs24 }{\fs24 Neo-Hippocratism and the decline of Galenism. \par \par }{\b\fs24 November 14}{\fs24 : Discussion. \par }{\fs24\ul Readings}{\fs24 : Andrew Wear, \'93Medicine in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1700\'94 in}{\fs24\cf6 }{\i\fs24 The Western Medical Tradition, }{\fs24 pp. 310-325. \par }{\fs24\ul Source}{\fs24 : Paracelsus, \'93Seven Defensiones\'94 and \'93On the Miner\rquote s Sickness\'94, in }{\i\fs24 Four Treatises, }{\fs24 Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1941 (New York, Arno Press reprint, 1979), pp. 1-126. \par \par \par }{\b\fs24 November 19, 20, 21: }{\b\fs24\ul Breakthrough in Anatomy: the Age of Discovery.}{\b\fs24 }{\fs24 \par }{\b\fs24 \par November 19: }{\fs24 Post-Vesalian anatomy. \par \par }{\b\fs24 November 20: }{\fs24 The discovery of the circulation of the blood. \par \par }{\b\fs24 November 21}{\fs24 : Discussion. \par }{\fs24\ul Readings}{\fs24 : Andrew Wear, \'93Medicine in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1700\'94 in}{\fs24\cf6 }{\i\fs24 The Western Medical Tradition, }{\fs24 pp. 280-298; 325-340. \par }{\fs24\ul Source}{\fs24 : William Harvey, }{\i\fs24 On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals, }{\fs24 Letter to the King and Dedication, Prefatory Remarks, chapters 1-5 (text on line at Internet Modern History Sourcebook). \par \par }{\b\fs24 November 26, 27, 28: }{\b\fs24\ul Medicine and the Scientific Revolution. \par \par }{\b\fs24 November 26: }{\fs24 Mechanical medicine and natural philosophy. \par \par }{\b\fs24 November 27:}{\fs24 Natural history and materia medica. \par \par }{\b\fs24 November 29}{\fs24 : Discussion. \par }{\fs24\ul Readings}{\fs24 : Andrew Wear, \'93Medicine in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1700\'94 in}{\fs24\cf6 }{\i\fs24 The Western Medical Tradition, }{\fs24 pp. 340-361. Harold Cook, \'93Physicians and Natural History\'94 in N. Jardine, J.A. Secord and E. C. Spary, eds., }{\i\fs24 Cultures of Natural History, }{\fs24 Cambridge Univ. Press, 1996, pp. 91-105. \par }{\b\fs24 \par December 3, 4, 5: }{\b\fs24\ul The Early Modern Medical Community.}{\b\fs24 }{\fs24 \par \par }{\b\fs24 December 3}{\fs24 : Networks of communication: the learned academies and the origins of medical journals. \par \par }{\b\fs24 December 4}{\fs24 : Western medicine and the European expansion: the encounter with other medical traditions. \par \par }{\b\fs24 December 5}{\fs24 : Discussion. \par }{\fs24\ul Readings:}{\fs24 Harold J. Cook, }{\i\fs24 Matters of Exchange: Commerce, Medicine and Science in the Dutch Golden Age, }{\fs24 Yale Univ. Press, 2007, chapters 1 and 9, pp. 1-41, 339-377.}{\b\fs24 \par }{\fs24 \tab \tab \par }{\b\fs24 \par December 10: }{\b\fs24\ul Conclusion: the Legacy of Seventeenth-Century Medicine.}{\b\fs24 \par }{\fs24\ul Reading}{\fs24 : Roy Porter, \'93The Eighteenth Century\'94, in }{\i\fs24 The Western Medical Tradition, }{\fs24 pp. 371-379.}{\b\fs24 \par \par December 17: Final examination. \par }{\fs24 \par \par \par \par }{\tab \par }}