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Fall 2012-2013
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EvaluationHOS 596
History of the Life Sciences - Biomedicine
The seminar focuses on the interface between biology and medicine in the modern period, leading up and including the coinage of "biomedicine" in World War II-era U.S. We will examine how developments in biology were fundamentally related to medical education, research, or practice; how the development of laboratories recast the understanding of diseases and their etiologies; and how patients have been integrated into research regimes, both "basic" and clinical.
Sample reading list:
Claude Bernard, An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine
Ludwik Fleck, The Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact
Michel Foucault, The Birth of the Clinic An Archaeology of Medical Perception
Jean-Paul Gaudilliere and Ilana Lowy, Heredity and Infection: The History of Disease Transmission
Warwick Anderson, The Collectors of Lost Souls
Laura Otis, Miller's Lab
See instructor for complete list
Other Requirements:
Not Open to Freshmen.
Schedule/Classroom assignment:
| Class number | Section | Time | Days | Room | Enrollment | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21206 | S01 | 10:00 am - 12:50 pm | W | Dickinson Hall 207 | Enrolled:10 Limit:20 |