The History of Medicine in/as Literature

3 credits

This course explores how eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britons understood and imagined health, pathology and medicine. In poetry, novels, essays, medical journals, travelogues and other accounts, we will ask questions about contagion and difference; the emergence of so-called race science; the gendering of conditions such as hysteria and apoplexy, and more. ***Prerequisite of ENGL 100 and either ENGL 110 or the completion of 48 credit hours.*** *Students may receive credit for one of ENGL 342AE or ENGL 485BA.*