Monday Wednesday
Jan 15 17
Martin Luther King Day:

No class
 Class canceled:
Dr. Leuci is sick
22 24
Intro to Course Babylonian Medicine:
   E. Robson click here
N. Demand (Canvas)
29 31
Guest lecture by Dr. McRae: see Canvas for readings Babylonian Medicine:
    see Canvas for readings and links
Egyptian Medicine:
   N. Demand (Canvas)
   R. Wilkins click here
   J. Middendorp click here.
   Edwin Smith Papyrus click here or iPad app: click here

Feb 5 7
Egyptian Medicine:
    Kahun Medical Papyrus
      Reading a passage
      about the Kahun Papyrus
    P McGovern and Canvas
    Ebers Papyrus, see Canvas.		 Overview of Hippocratic Corpus
Assignment: pick/narrow down research topic & do some research on it
12 14
Hippocratic Corpus: see Canvas for readings

 Hippocratic Corpus: see Canvas for readings
19 21
The Plague in Homer, Thucydides, Galen, and Procopius: see Canvas for readings


 Pharmacology in the Greco-Roman World: introduction
Outline & Bibliography due
26 28
Pharmacology in the Greco-Roman World: see Canvas for readings
View the 6th/7th century codex of Dioscorides click here
 Miracle Workers: introduction

Critical Review due



Mar 5 7
Miracle Workers: Alexander of Abonouteichos: see Canvas for readings

 Greek Religious Healing: see Canvas for readings
12 14
Greek, Demotic, and Christian Magical Papyri: see Canvas for readings
Mid-term due at dawn on Thursday
Individual meetings over Outline for research paper (see Canvas for times),
so no class today
19 21
Spring Break

No class
 Spring Break

No class
26 28
McGuire, Ritual Healing in Suburban America, Ch 1 (all) and Ch 2 (32-37)

 McGuire, Ch 2 (18-21) and all of Ch 3

April 2 4
Easter Weekend

No class
 McGuire, Ch 2 (22-24) and all of Ch 4
9 11
McGuire, Ch 2 (25-27) and all of Ch 5

 McGuire, Ch 2 (27-29) and all of Ch 6
bee venom therapy(BBC), bee venom (Gerard Butler), and, on the lighter side, click here

Revised Critical Review due
16 18
Presentations: 1. Victoria 2. 3. Anna 4. 5.
Research paper due
 Presentations: 1. Golly 2. Chandler 3. Blake 4. Kat 5. Tabitha
23 25
Presentations: 1. Reese 2. Kristen 3. Caroline 4. Shannon 5. Ketrick

Presentations: 1. Jeremy 2. Brandon 3. Megan 4. Bridget
30 May 2
Presentations: 1. Sawyer 2. Teri 3. Phil 4. Lexi

Taste of Ancient Greece & Rome



Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
May 7 8 9 10 11






8:30 am: Take-Home final due