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#1 ·HISTSCI/MEDHIST 212

Bodies, Diseases, and Healers: an Introduction to the History of Medicine

3 credits

This 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.

James BarnesKayleigh Larsen+1 more

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Spring 2023–Spring 2026