Bodies, Diseases, and Healers: an Introduction to the History of Medicine
3 creditsThis course surveys historical conceptions of the body as a site of sickness from Antiquity to contemporary medicine.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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 GPA · grades
Spring 2023–Spring 2026