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Epidemics in Western Society Since 1600

Frank Snowden · Yale University

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About

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.

Lectures

  1. Introduction to the Course Lecture 1 · Audio
  2. Classical Views of Disease: Hippocrates, Galen, and Humoralism Lecture 2 · Audio
  3. Plague (I): Pestilence as Disease Lecture 3 · Audio
  4. Plague (II): Responses and Measures Lecture 4 · Audio
  5. Plague (III): Illustrations and Conclusions Lecture 5 · Audio
  6. Smallpox (I): "The Speckled Monster" Lecture 6 · Audio
  7. Smallpox (II): Jenner, Vaccination, and Eradication Lecture 7 · Audio
  8. Nineteenth-Century Medicine: The Paris School of Medicine Lecture 8 · Audio
  9. Asiatic Cholera (I): Personal Reflections Lecture 9 · Audio
  10. Asiatic Cholera (II): Five Pandemics Lecture 10 · Audio
  11. The Sanitary Movement and the "Filth Theory of Disease" Lecture 11 · Audio
  12. Syphilis: From the "Great Pox" to the Modern Version Lecture 12 · Audio
  13. Contagionism versus Anticontagionism Lecture 13 · Audio
  14. The Germ Theory of Disease Lecture 14 · Audio
  15. Tropical Medicine as a Discipline Lecture 15 · Audio
  16. Malaria (I): The Case of Italy Lecture 16 · Audio
  17. Malaria (II): The Global Challenge Lecture 17 · Audio
  18. Tuberculosis (I): The Era of Consumption Lecture 18 · Audio
  19. Tuberculosis (II): After Robert Koch Lecture 19 · Audio
  20. Pandemic Influenza Lecture 20 · Audio
  21. The Tuskegee Experiment Lecture 21 · Audio
  22. AIDS (I) Lecture 22 · Audio
  23. AIDS (II) Lecture 23 · Audio
  24. Poliomyelitis: Problems of Eradication Lecture 24 · Audio
  25. SARS, Avian Influenza, and Swine Flu: Lessons and Prospects Lecture 25 · Audio
  26. Final Q&A Lecture 26 · Audio

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Credits and licence

Institution
Yale University
Department
History
Teacher
Frank Snowden
Term
Spring 2010
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
History
Source
Open Yale Courses
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US, as Open Yale Courses states it. Non-commercial use only. Open Yale Courses's terms
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