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Epidemics in Western Society Since 1600 with Frank Snowden

Overview

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.

Videos in this playlist 26

  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

Advantages and disadvantages

Advantages

  • Free and complete: every lecture is in the playlist, in order.
  • Watch at 1.5x, skip what you know, rewatch what you don't.
  • Taught by Yale University, one of the strongest names in its field.
  • 121,909 views, so help and notes are easy to find.
  • Completely free.
  • Self-paced: start any time.
  • A clear syllabus (26 videos) you can see before you start.
  • Start watching right away, no sign-up.

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  • No certificate, deadlines or graded work.
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