Medicine and Health in Antiquity
CCIV 225
Spring 2009 not offered
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| Crosslisting:
HIST 282 |
What does the Hippocratic Oath reveal about the ethics of ancient medical practitioners? Did religious and natural models of disease and healing comfortably coexist in Greece and Rome? How was the female body interpreted by male medical writers? In this course, students will investigate ancient approaches to illness and health, focusing on the writings of authors such as Homer, Hesiod, the Hippocratic writers, Herophilus, Dioscorides, Pliny, Celsus, Soranus, Rufus, and Galen. Moving from archaic and classical Greece to Hellenistic Alexandria to imperial Rome and, finally, to the medieval West and Middle East, we will trace the development, organization, and influence of ancient medical thought and practice. |
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Essential Capabilities:
None |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA CLAS |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
Major Readings:
Jouanna, Jacques. HIPPOCRATES.
Longrigg, James. GREEK MEDICINE FROM THE HEROIC TO THE HELLENISTIC AGE: A SOURCEBOOK.
Lloyd, G.E.R., trans. THE HIPPOCRATIC WRITINGS.
Grmek, Mirko. DISEASES IN THE ANCIENT GREEK WORLD.
King, Helen. HIPPOCRATES' WOMAN.
Singer, P.N., trans. GALEN: SELECTED WORKS.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Participation in class discussion, reading response papers, midterm examination, take-home final examination. |
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