DEPARTMENT of History – KEAN UNIVERSITY, syllabus HIST3321:W1 Introduction to the History of Medicine – Winter 2013-14 Dr. Brian Regal [email protected] Office T117-I Office phone number 7-0261 Website: http://www.kean.edu/~bregal Class webpage: http://www.kean.edu/~bregal/HIST3321.htm (familiarize yourself with this; your grade depends upon it!) Class meeting hours: rm B405 Monday – Friday 1-3pm Department of History web page: http://www.kean.edu/~history/ Required textbooks and readings: The readings are listed on the class web page Course Description: A survey of medical history from the ancient world to the nineteenth century. Special attention to case studies that provide insight into major discoveries and understanding of disease, illness, medical practitioners and practice in different historical contexts and cultures. Course Objectives: Students will gain a familiarity with the history of medicine and the connections between medicine and society. They will examine the lives of important practitioners, researchers, and philosophers of medicine; understand medicine as part of a wider social context; study the social impact of medicine upon religion, politics, the arts and culture. Apply methods of historical research and analysis to the topic. Course Requirements: • Class participation = 20% • 3-5 page essay on any aspect of the history of medicine = 30% • Mid-Term Exam = 25% January 3, 2014 • Final Exam = 25% January 17, 2013 NOTE: All final papers must be turned in no later than 11am on January 16, 2014. Also, NO papers can be turned in electronically and no extensions at the end of the semester Attendance Policy: The following attendance policy has been approved by the Faculty Senate and the administration and replaces the attendance policy which appears in the current catalogs. Attendance is expected in all courses. Attendance will be a component of the grade of any course if so stated in the syllabus. Students are responsible for informing the instructor in advance or in a timely manner of the reasons for their absence. Instructors in

consultation with their department chairs are expected to respect university practices and policies regarding what counts as an excused absence. Typically excused absences include illness, bereavement, or religious observances. Serious tardiness may be dealt with at the discretion of the instructor Students are responsible to become familiar with, and will be held accountable for, the information on the following Web sites: 1. Academic Integrity at www.kean.edu/forms/AcademicIntegrity.pdf or the Web site for The Guide at www.kean.edu/publications/TheGuide2007.pdf. 2. Student Code of Conduct at www.kean.edu/~conduct or the Web site for The Guide at www.kean.edu/publications/TheGuide2007.pdf.” Note: turn off all cell phones and other electronic gear! Course Outline: Day Subject covered 1 Introduction: What is history and how is it studied and written about? 2 Disease: Where does disease come from and how is it connected to the rise of civilization? Medicine in China, Hippocrates and the modern concept of the physician. Discussion on how to do the papers. 3 Galen and the beginnings of western medicine 4 Paracelsus, alchemy and mineral remedies 5 Vesalius and the importance of human anatomy, the art of dissection

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Medical astrology Case study #1 Simon Forman Monstrous Births, reproductive/gynecology issues Patient heal thyself: witches, herbalists, and the life of Nicholas Culpeper Review for exam Mid Term Exam January 3 Medicine moves into the laboratory and becomes technical part 1 Medicine moves into the laboratory and

Readings and assignments In-class notes Confucian Medical Ethics and Hippocratic Oath from webpage

Galen text handout Read Intro to Alchemy on webpage In-class notes and web page http://historywiki.wikispaces.com/What+was+the+i mpact+of+Andreas+Vesalius+upon+th e+world+of+medicine%3F Read Magical Remedies article Read The Biddenden Maids article from webpage Read Botanical Sources of Medicine and Herbs and Herbals article on webpage

Medical history film Read Edward Jenner and

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Curing and cutting the body, history of surgery The Hospital, the delicate art of amputation Anesthesia and antiseptic

Vaccinations, and First use of the Microscope from webpage In-class notes In-class notes Read History of Anesthesia from webpage Read Body Snatching in Britain from webpage

Resurrections and body snatching Case study #2: Burke and Hare continued Case study #3: Nazi doctors as destroyers Nazi doctors film of life Essay project due review Final Exam January 17

Quick Guide for writing the essay: Note: Make sure you are present for the class (either second or third week) in which the writing assignments will be discussed in detail. Your grade depends upon it. All essays are to be typed, double spaced and follow basic Chicago Manual of Style formatting for college term papers. Use 12 pt type and simple type face. No papers may be turned in electronically! Plagiarism: a very serious offence, this is taking someone else’s work—like downloading something from Wikipedia, and claiming it as your own writing. If you do this, you fail the course. See the Kean homepage for details. Supplemental Reading List: not required but recommended. A.W. Bates. The Anatomy of Robert Knox (Sussex Academic Press, 2010). John C. Burnham. What is Medical History? (Polity Books, 2005). Edmonson, James. American Surgical Instruments: An Illustrated History of their Manufacture and Directory of Instrument Makers to 1900 (San Francisco : Norman Pub., 1997). Lauren Kassell. Medicine and Magic in Elizabethan London: Simon Forman: Astrologer, Alchemist, and Physician (University of Oxford Press, 2005). Medicine Man: The Forgotten Museum of Henry Wellcome (British Museum Press, 2003).

Michael T. Kennedy. A Brief History of Disease, Science and Medicine (Asklepiad Press, 2004). William G. Rothstein. American medical schools and the practice of medicine: a history (Oxford University Press, 1987). Lois N. Magner. A History of Medicine (Taylor & Francis, 2005). Benjamin Wolley. The Herbalist: Nicholas Culpeper and the Fight for Medical Freedom (2007). #