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Bodies, Diseases, and Healers: an Introduction to the History of Medicine
This course surveys historical conceptions of the body as a site of sickness from Antiquity to contemporary medicine.
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Historical reviews of Nicholas Jacobson: Students report reading and analyzing two to three long, sometimes ancient, readings each week, which some find challenging despite the engaging lectures.
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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2019: 3.66 GPA, 84.7% A/AB (n=131 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.55 GPA, 77.9% A/AB (n=131 letter grades).
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews of Thomas Broman: Thomas Broman is described as engaging, knowledgeable, and clear, with fine-tuned lectures that provide useful material for essays. Reviewers note the subject is interesting and the workload manageable, though some express frustration that TA grading prioritizes readings over lecture content.
NICHOLAS JACOBSON is recorded teaching in Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
SUZANNA SCHULERT is recorded teaching in Fall 2019, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
THOMAS BROMAN is recorded teaching in Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
TRAVIS WEISSE is recorded teaching in Fall 2018. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Calendar & sections
Fall 2026Schedule loads here as you scroll.
| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEC 001 | Classroom Instruction | 77 / 144 | 4 |
| DIS 301 | Classroom Instruction | 6 / 18 | 0 |
| DIS 302 | Classroom Instruction | 14 / 18 | 0 |
| DIS 303 | Classroom Instruction | 14 / 18 | 1 |
| DIS 304 | Classroom Instruction | 10 / 18 | 1 |
| DIS 305 | Classroom Instruction | 12 / 18 | 2 |
| DIS 306 | Classroom Instruction | 9 / 18 | 0 |
| DIS 307 | Classroom Instruction | 12 / 18 | 0 |
| DIS 308 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 18 | 0 |
| DIS 333 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 0 | 0 |
| LEC 001 | Classroom Instruction | 88 / 168 | 1 |
| DIS 301 | Classroom Instruction | 12 / 18 | 0 |
| DIS 302 | Classroom Instruction | 4 / 18 | 0 |
| DIS 303 | Classroom Instruction | 4 / 18 | 0 |
| DIS 304 | Classroom Instruction | 6 / 17 | 1 |
| DIS 305 | Classroom Instruction | 5 / 17 | 0 |
| DIS 306 | Classroom Instruction | 9 / 18 | 0 |
| DIS 307 | Classroom Instruction | 4 / 18 | 0 |
| DIS 308 | Classroom Instruction | 20 / 20 | 0 |
| DIS 333 | Classroom Instruction | 24 / 0 | 0 |
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Student experience
the class
Historical reviews of Nicholas Jacobson: Reviewers describe Nicholas Jacobson as an engaging and passionate lecturer who makes the material interesting and easy to follow, though he assigns substantial weekly readings.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.63 GPA, 87.0% A/AB (n=108 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.84 GPA, 91.3% A/AB (n=138 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.55 GPA, 77.9% A/AB (n=131 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Nicholas Jacobson: Students report reading and analyzing two to three long, sometimes ancient, readings each week, which some find challenging despite the engaging lectures.
Historical reviews of Nicholas Jacobson: Jacobson provides note templates and reading questions to aid understanding, and reviewers describe his grading as easy and his personal support as highly caring.
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The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 recent terms, weighted toward recent results.
The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.
8 earlier forecasts · 0.13 GPA average error.
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1283 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.
Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.
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Bodies, Diseases, and Healers: An Introduction to the History of Medicine
Recorded 2026-09-07Bodies, Diseases, and Healers: An Introduction to the History of Medicine
Recorded 2026-09-07Raw records
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