Ateneo - UPO

This course presents the development of the interpretation of disease, its prevention and its treatment from prehistoric and ancient times to present days.

-ZANOBIO B.-ARMOCIDA G., Storia della Medicina, Milano, Masson -COSMACINI G., Storia della medicina e della sanità in Italia, Bari, Laterza

The course will consider the following subjects: • historical evolution of the concept of medicine and disease from ancient times to the present day • understanding of the methodological path that led to the introduction of the experimental method in medical sciences; • Origin and evolution of diagnostics and treatment of diseases • origin and definition of the different branches of Medicine and Surgery

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

Lectures in class. The students are invited to active discussion.

Students with physical disabilities, Learning Disabilities or Special Education Needs can request specific services and tools via the Staff Sviluppo e Coordinamento Carriere e Servizi alle Studentesse e agli Studenti, consulting the University webpage: https://www.uniupo.it/en/services/services-students-physical-or-learning-disabilities Students with disabilities, learning disabilities or special education needs, once they have contacted the University Staff, can refer to the tutor in charge of the course to define the examination modalities, concerning academic aspects.

Written examination focused on the topics covered in the class.

The course will cover the following topics • Medicine in prehistory • Greco-Roman medicine • Arabian medicine in the middle ages • Medicine in the European middle ages: • Medicine in the Renaissance; o 16th Century anatomy ; o 16th Century surgery o The quantitative method in medicine: iatromechanics and iatrochemistry; • Medicine and Surgery in the Seventeen Century; o Anatomy and Physiology; o Morgagni, the founder of anatomical pathology; o vitalism; o vaccines; o the origin of clinical medicine. • The Nineteen Century: o The germ theory of disease o Genetics; o Histology and Pathology; o Development of surgery: anesthesia, antisepsis, asepsis; • The XX century o Antimicrobial drugs and Antibiotics

The students will acquire general information on the history of Medicine, in particular, the history of disease and the development of the modern medicine. The role of women in the medical field in different eras will be presented. Students will acquire the ability to apply knowledge and understanding in the field of the history of medical sciences.