HIST 234 - Epidemics in Western Society Since 1600

HIST 234 - Epidemics in Western Society Since 1600

26 Lectures ยท Jan 1, 2010

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This course consists of an international analysis of the impact of epidemic diseases on western society and culture from the bubonic plague to HIV/AIDS and the recent experience of SARS and swine flu. Leading themes include: infectious disease and its impact on society; the development of public health measures; the role of medical ethics; the genre of plague literature; the social reactions of mass hysteria and violence; the rise of the germ theory of disease; the development of tropical medicine; a comparison of the social, cultural, and historical impact of major infectious diseases; and the issue of emerging and re-emerging diseases.

Course Homepage: [[http://oyc.yale.edu/history/epidemics-in-western-society-since-1600/]]

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Lecture 1 - Introduction to the Course

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Lecture 2 - Classical Views of Disease: Hippocrates, Galen, and Humoralism

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Lecture 3 - Plague (I): Pestilence as Disease

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Lecture 4 - Plague (II): Responses and Measures

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Lecture 5 - Plague (III): Illustrations and Conclusions

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Lecture 6 - Smallpox (I): 'The Speckled Monster'

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Lecture 7 - Smallpox (II): Jenner, Vaccination, and Eradication

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Lecture 8 - Nineteenth-Century Medicine: The Paris School of Medicine

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Lecture 9 - Asiatic Cholera (I): Personal Reflections

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Lecture 10 - Asiatic Cholera (II): Five Pandemics

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Lecture 11 - The Sanitary Movement and the 'Filth Theory of Disease'

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Lecture 12 - Syphilis: From the "Great Pox" to the Modern Version

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Lecture 13 - Contagionism versus Anticontagionsim

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Lecture 14 - The Germ Theory of Disease

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Lecture 15 - Tropical Medicine as a Discipline

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Lecture 16 - Malaria (I): The Case of Italy

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Lecture 17 - Malaria (II): The Global Challenge

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Lecture 18 - Tuberculosis (I): The Era of Consumption

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Lecture 19 - Tuberculosis (II): After Robert Koch

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Lecture 20 - Pandemic Influenza

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Lecture 21 - The Tuskegee Experiment

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Lecture 22 - AIDS (I)

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Lecture 23 - AIDS (II)

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Lecture 24 - Poliomyelitis: Problems of Eradication

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Lecture 25 - SARS, Avian Inluenza, and Swine Flu: Lessons and Prospects

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Lecture 26 - Final Q&A

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