Apr 29, 2024  
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2016-17 
    
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2016-17 [Archived Catalog]

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T3 4180 - Disease, Medicine and Society in Europe to 1800


Interdisciplinary approach to the history of disease and socio-cultural responses to it. Explores the medical history of diseases such as the Black Death, leprosy, syphilis, madness and cholera, from the ancient world to 1800 and the social, political, economic and religious contexts in which such diseases were defined and experienced. Particular focus on individual and institutional response to perceived “public health” threats in premodern world.

Requisites: HIST 1210 or 1220 and Sr only and completion of Tier II
Credit Hours: 3.0
General Education Code: T3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible grades: A-F,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I



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