Epidemics in Western Society Since 1600 [multimedia document] / Frank Snowden, Author . - New Haven (06520-8355, United States) : Yale University, 2010 . - 26 vidéos (50 min.) : Coul. ; Flash. Languages : English ( eng) | Descriptors: |
Classification
WA 105 Epidemiology
Indexation
analysis [Subheading] ; E-learning materials ; Epidemiology ; Europe, Eastern ; History
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| Abstract: |
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. |
| Contents note: |
1. Introduction to the Course -- 2. Classical Views of Disease: Hippocrates, Galen, and Humoralism -- 3. Plague (I): Pestilence as a Disease -- 4. Plague (II): Responses and Measures -- 5. Plague (III): Illustrations and Conclusions -- 6. Smallpox (I): 'The Speckled Monster' -- 7. Smallpox (II): Jenner, Vaccination, and Eradication -- 8. Nineteenth-Century Medicine: The Paris School of Medicine -- 9. Asiatic Cholera (I): Personal Reflections -- 10. Asiatic Cholera (II): Five Pandemics -- 11. The Sanitary Movement and the 'Filth Theory of Disease' -- 12. Syphilis: From the "Great Pox" to the Modern Version -- 13. Contagionism and Anticontagionism -- 14. The Germ Theory of Disease -- 15. Tropical Medicine as a Discipline -- 16. Malaria (I): The Case of Italy -- 17. Malaria (II): The Global Challenge -- 18. Tuberculosis (I): The Era of Consumption -- 19. Tuberculosis (II): After Robert Koch -- 20. Pandemic Influenza -- 21. The Tuskegee Experiment -- 22. AIDS (I) -- 23. AIDS (II) -- 24. Poliomyelitis: Problems of Eradication -- 25. SARS, Avian Influenza, Swine Flu: Lessons and Prospects -- 26. Final Q&A |
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http://oyc.yale.edu/history/epidemics-in-western-society-since-1600/content/clas [...] |
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Webpage |
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https://kce.docressources.info/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=2695 |
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