HPS2004H: History of Medicine

This course offers an introduction to the history of medicine in relation to societies, politics, and culture. We shall address topics such as changing views of the body and its functions, the social and cultural meaning of disease, the place of patients and medical practitioners in the world of healing and the role of religion and magic in health-related pursuits. We will also explore the bearings medical pursuits had on the creation and substantiation of notions of gender, investigate how practitioners sought to gain and maintain authority over knowledge, institutions, and patients, and examine the place of visual and material culture in the production and dissemination of medical knowledge.

Credit Value (FCE)

0.50

Campus(es)

St. George

School of Graduate Studies University of Toronto 63 St. George Street Toronto, ON Canada M5S 2Z9
Tel: 416-978-6614

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