Monday Wednesday
Jan 13 15
Intro to Course Intro to Course
20 22
Martin Luther King Day:

No class
 Guest lecture by Dr. McRae: see Canvas for readings
27 29
Mesopotamian Medicine/Miracle/Magic:
   E. Robson click here
   N. Demand (pdf in Canvas)		 Mesopotamian Medicine/Miracle/Magic:
    Mesopotamian Documents (pdf in Canvas)
    Links: view actual clay tablets and collection of translations

Today: Challenge of diagnosis: click here.

Feb 3 5
Egyptian Medicine:
   Overview by N. Demand (pdf in Canvas)
   Edwin Smith Papyrus
     article & partial transl. by R. Wilkins click here
     article & partial transl. by J. Middendorp click here.
     entire papyrus with transl. and notes (use iPad app: click here)		 No class due to snow—posting in Canvas instead
Egyptian Medicine:
    1. Kahun Medical Papyrus:
         Reading a papyrus passage and info about and translation
    2. Ebers Papyrus (pdf in Canvas) or
        the following links: click here and click here
    3. Archaeology: McGovern article
10 12
Pandemics & Epidemics
   Today: The Coronavirus: see Canvas for links and pdfs



 No class due to snow—posting in Canvas instead
Pandemics & Epidemics
   Greco-Roman World: read pdfs in Canvas
Overview of Hippocratic Corpus
Assignment still due: pick/narrow down research topic & do some research on it
17 19
Hippocratic Corpus: see Canvas for readings (or click here) and article on history of word “epidemic”click here
Also, review what you said about readings for Wed, Feb 12
 Hippocratic Corpus: see Canvas for readings
24 26
Pharmacology in the Greco-Roman World:
   see Canvas for readings (pdfs & links)
   View the 6th/7th century codex of Dioscorides click here
 Pharmacology in the Greco-Roman World: see Canvas for readings
Outline & Bibliography due



Mar 2 4
Miracle Workers:
   see Canvas for readings

 Greek Religious Healing: see Canvas for readings
and BBC on wellness tourism click here
Critical Review due
9 11
Greek Religious Healing: see Canvas for reading and
   NYTimes article on "modern" healing sites click here
   "Spiritual" travel to Pergamum today click here
 “Magical” Healing: see Canvas for readings

Mid-term due at “end” of day
16 18
Spring Break

No class
 Spring Break

No class
23 25
McGuire, Ritual Healing in Suburban America, Ch 2 (32-37)
henceforth meet electronically at class time		 McGuire, Ch 2 (18-21) and all of Ch 3
BBC article on chloroquine danger click here

30 April 1
McGuire, Ch 2 (22-24) and all of Ch 4


 Bee Venom Therapy: Gerard Butler interview
on the lighter side: example 1 and example 2
interesting reflection on the 1940's click here
and pdf in Canvas
6 8
Videos to discuss (available during class)

Research paper due		 McGuire, Ch 2 (25-27) and all of Ch 5
13 15
McGuire, Ch 2 (27-29) and all of Ch 6

Revised Critical Review due		 Presentators: Destri, Clay
Everyone else: read 1 of the “what’s next” articles in Canvas
20 22
Presentators: Manzell
Everyone else: read 1 of the patient zero articles in Canvas
Expanded Mid-term due at “end” of day		 Presentators: Mackenzie, Becca, Amanda
27 29
Presentators: Will, Maggie, Sam, Nura

 Presentators: Omar, Lauren, Tayveon



Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
May 4 5 6 7
6:30 pm: Take-Home final due