HIST 263

Spring 2023 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 17-May 3

History of Medicine in the United States

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Credit: 3 hours.

Medicine and public health in the United States from the colonial period through the twentieth century. Topics include medical theories, therapeutic practices, and institutions as determined by science, culture, politics, law, and social structures. Additional attention will be paid to illness and epidemics; health care providers, patients, and public policy. Throughout, the course will highlight race, sex, (dis)ability, and other social categories that have affected medical care and been defined in medical terms.

Same as GWS 263.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Cultural Studies - US Minority

Humanities – Hist & Phil

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HIST 263 class schedule data for spring 2023
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
74147	Discussion/ Recitation	AD1	11:00AM -11:50AM	F	1120 Foreign Languages Building	Froiland, S Reagan, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Degree Notes: Humanities - Hist & Phil, and Cultural Studies - US Minority course.
74149	Discussion/ Recitation	AD2	1:00PM -1:50PM	F	1120 Foreign Languages Building	Harms, J Reagan, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Degree Notes: Humanities - Hist & Phil, and Cultural Studies - US Minority course.
74151	Discussion/ Recitation	AD3	3:00PM -3:50PM	W	1062 Lincoln Hall	Harms, J Reagan, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Degree Notes: Humanities - Hist & Phil, and Cultural Studies - US Minority course.
74153	Discussion/ Recitation	AD4	11:00AM -11:50AM	F	G36 Foreign Languages Building	Harms, J Reagan, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Degree Notes: Humanities - Hist & Phil, and Cultural Studies - US Minority course.
74550	Discussion/ Recitation	AD5	1:00PM -1:50PM	W	G24 Foreign Languages Building	Froiland, S Reagan, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Degree Notes: Humanities - Hist & Phil, and Cultural Studies - US Minority course.
74551	Discussion/ Recitation	AD6	10:00AM -10:50AM	F	1120 Foreign Languages Building	Froiland, S Reagan, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Degree Notes: Humanities - Hist & Phil, and Cultural Studies - US Minority course.
74145	Lecture	AL1	11:00AM -11:50AM	MW	23 Psychology Building	Reagan, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Degree Notes: Humanities - Hist & Phil, and Cultural Studies - US Minority course. Section Info: Description: Medicine and public health in the United States from the colonial period through the twentieth century. Topics include medical theories, therapeutic practices, and institutions (medical schools, hospitals, asylums, clinics) and how they have been determined by science, culture, politics, law, and social structures. In addition, we will examine specific diseases and epidemics (including polio, cancer, AIDS); health care providers, patients, and public policy. Throughout, the course highlights race, sex, (dis)ability, and other social categories that have affected medical care (or its lack) and that have been defined in medical terms. The course includes analysis and discussion of original documents, memoirs, art, and film.