Ateneo - UPO

This course presents the development of the interpretation of disease, its prevention and its treatment from prehistoric and ancient times with a particular focus on dentistry.

Teaching material will be provided to the students.

Textbook: Starobinski J. Histoire de la Médecine. Editions Héros-Limite (Suisse), 2020.

To gather information on the evolution of medicine and the health professions.

The student needs a general historical background, as that acquired in pre-university education, and the information acquired in the previous years of the course.

Teaching classes and discussion.

Written examination on subjects discussed in class, with a multiple choice and oped questions test.

The course will cover the following topics
• Medicine in prehistory
• Greco-Roman medicine
• Medicine in the Middle Age and Renaissance;
• The epidemics: Black Plague, Syphilis and Smallpox;
• Medicine and Surgery in the Sixteen-Seventeen Centuries;
• The Nineteen Century:
• The XX century

The students will acquire general information on the history of Medicine and health-care.