CLST 174 - Medical Terminology and Its Ancient Roots

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University of Pennsylvania

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Distribution Course in Hist & Tradition. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. This course will combine detailed analysis of medical terms with more general discussions of ancient medicine. Although the primary emphasis in the class will be on the medical terms themselves, we will also read selections from a wide array of important figures in the history of medicine including Hippocrates, Galen, and Vesalius. Themes will include the place of the physician in society, conceptions of pollution and contamination, constructions of gender, and the relationship of mental and bodily health. We will finish the semester by considering ancient approaches to the treatment of trauma and wounds. We will look at Hippocratic treatises on fractures as well as literary depictions of battle scenes such as those in Homer. Such texts are not only the source of much of our terminology, but also provide some sense of the varying states of medical knowledge throughout the ancient world.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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