Medicine in the Medieval West
HIST T258
3.00 crs.
Knowledge & Values Courses: History I
This course explores the history of medical theory and practice, focusing most closely on the medieval era (i.e. 400-1500), but taking into good account also the Greek and Roman foundations of medical theory that prevail in Western and Middle Eastern society until the Enlightenment. The history is explored through a variety of lenses: clinical, ethical, religious and social.