A history of medicinal substances and dangerous drugs in wider context, with a focus on gender, race, class, business, and other analytical categories. "Medicines" and "drugs" change over time -- and concepts of risk, danger, legality, and even scientific evidence are elastic. Histories of laws, regulations, and key historical actors, as well as specific drug biographies, will be provided.

PSYCHEDELIC HISTORY: SACRED PLANTS, SCIENCE & PSYCHOTHERAPY

PHARMACY 564

A history of psychedelics in the U.S. and more globally. Read texts that were formative in the development of the history of psychopharmacology, pharmaceuticals, and the "war on drugs." Examine readings that represent different themes, subfields, or areas of research interest within the history of psychedelics (medicine science). Beyond biomedicine, types of analysis include: consumerism, class, ethnicity, gender, and military history. Histories of laws, regulations, and key historical actors, as well as specific drug biographies, will be provided.

HEALTH, DISEASE AND HEALING II

HISTORY/HISTSCI/MEDHIST 508

Medicine in Europe from the 18th century to mid-20th century, investigating changes in disease and demography, state interest in health care, the medical professions, and both scientific and alternative medical ideas.

GRADUATE STUDIES IN MEDICAL HISTORY

HISTSCI/MEDHIST 919

Analyzes the scientific and social aspects of the development of modern medicine and public health in Europe and America.

HISTORY OF BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

HISTSCI 909

Readings and/or research on the history of biology and medicine. Topics vary.