Health and Medicine in the Ancient World

3.00 credits · Undergraduate

Prereq: Second-year standing; 3 credits from CLAS, HIST, PHIL; or permission of the Department Employing both material and literary evidence, this course surveys the conditions of life and common ailments and treatments of the inhabitants of the Greek and Roman world from ca. 1000 BC.E. to ca. 500 C.E.. It also examines the origins of Western medicine in Greek and Roman science, alongside its alternatives, such as magic. [Note 1: This course is cross-listed as CLAS 3051 and may therefore count as 3 credits in either discipline.] (Format: Lecture 3 Hours)