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1. Introduction to the Course
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Epidemics in Western Society Since 1600
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- 1 1. Introduction to the Course
- 2 2. Classical Views of Disease: Hippocrates, Galen, and Humoralism
- 3 3. Plague (I): Pestilence as Disease
- 4 4. Plague (II): Responses and Measures
- 5 5. Plague (III): Illustrations and Conclusions
- 6 6. Smallpox (I): 'The Speckled Monster'
- 7 7. Smallpox (II): Jenner, Vaccination, and Eradication
- 8 8. Nineteenth-Century Medicine: The Paris School of Medicine
- 9 9. Asiatic Cholera (I): Personal Reflections
- 10 10. Asiatic Cholera (II): Five Pandemics
- 11 11. The Sanitary Movement and the 'Filth Theory of Disease'
- 12 12. Syphilis: From the "Great Pox" to the Modern Version
- 13 13. Contagionism versus Anticontagionsim
- 14 14. The Germ Theory of Disease
- 15 15. Tropical Medicine as a Discipline
- 16 16. Malaria (I): The Case of Italy
- 17 17. Malaria (II): The Global Challenge
- 18 18. Tuberculosis (I): The Era of Consumption
- 19 19. Tuberculosis (II): After Robert Koch
- 20 20. Pandemic Influenza
- 21 21. The Tuskegee Experiment
- 22 22. AIDS (I)
- 23 23. AIDS (II)
- 24 24. Poliomyelitis: Problems of Eradication
- 25 25. SARS, Avian Inluenza, and Swine Flu: Lessons and Prospects
- 26 26. Final Q&A
