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BODIES, DISEASES, AND HEALERS: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE

HISTSCI/MEDHIST 212
Course Description

A survey of different conceptions of how the body as a site of sickness has been understood from Antiquity to contemporary medicine. Includes consideration of the origins and evolution of public health, the changing social role of healers, and the emergence of the modern "standardized" body in health and illness.

Prerequisties

None

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

3

Offered

Fall, Spring

Grade Point Average
3.55

9.26% from Historical

Completion Rate
99.33%

1.96% from Historical

A Rate
77.85%

144% from Historical

Class Size
149

8.32% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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