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Epidemics in Western Society Since 1600 - Video

Epidemics in Western Society Since 1600 - Video

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23 - AIDS (II)

23 - AIDS (II)

Dr. Margaret Craven discusses HIV/AIDS from the perspective of a front-line clinician. AIDS is unprecedented in both the... Read more

3 Apr 2011

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18 - Tuberculosis (I): The Era of Consumption

18 - Tuberculosis (I): The Era of Consumption

An ancient disease, tuberculosis experienced a major upsurge in Western Europe in the nineteenth century, corresponding ... Read more

2 Apr 2011

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17 - Malaria (II): The Global Challenge

17 - Malaria (II): The Global Challenge

In the last decade of the nineteenth century, malariology emerged as the most prestigious and intellectually exciting fi... Read more

2 Apr 2011

46mins

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16 - Malaria (I): The Case of Italy

16 - Malaria (I): The Case of Italy

Of all the diseases studied in this course, malaria has been responsible for the most human suffering. It has evolved al... Read more

2 Apr 2011

49mins

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15 - Tropical Medicine as a Discipline

15 - Tropical Medicine as a Discipline

The sub-discipline of tropical medicine furnishes a clear example of the socially constructed character of medical knowl... Read more

2 Apr 2011

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20 - Pandemic Influenza

20 - Pandemic Influenza

Reliable records of influenza, dating back to the 1700s, suggest a pattern of one major pandemic every century. Among th... Read more

2 Apr 2011

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19 - Tuberculosis (II): After Robert Koch

19 - Tuberculosis (II): After Robert Koch

The cultural transition from the romantic era of consumption to the era of tuberculosis derived not only from the germ t... Read more

2 Apr 2011

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10 - Asiatic Cholera (II): Five Pandemics

10 - Asiatic Cholera (II): Five Pandemics

Asiatic cholera was the most dreaded disease of the nineteenth century. While its demographic impact could not compare t... Read more

1 Apr 2011

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09 - Asiatic Cholera (I): Personal Reflections

09 - Asiatic Cholera (I): Personal Reflections

Professor Snowden describes the historical detective work that went into the research and writing of Naples in the Time ... Read more

1 Apr 2011

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08 - Nineteenth-Century Medicine: The Paris School of Medicine

08 - Nineteenth-Century Medicine: The Paris School of Medicine

In the decades immediately following the French Revolution, Paris was at the center of a series of major developments in... Read more

1 Apr 2011

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