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Class number:
3459
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Title: History of Medicine |
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Department: American Studies |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Seminar |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 12 |
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Current enrollment: 7 |
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Available seats: 5 |
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Start date: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 |
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End date: Wednesday, December 23, 2026 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: R: 6:30PM-9:00PM, SH - N128 |
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Instructor(s): Miller, Karen |
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Prerequisite(s): None |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities Requirement |
Course Description:
We will explore a social and cultural history of American medicine and changing definitions of health, illness, and healing. This course will focus on Connecticut as a case study to investigate developments in medical treatments and institutions, how race/class/gender/disability/sexuality/age and medical practices have shaped each other, and healthcare politics. Connecticut is home to the American School for the Deaf, the Institute for Living, and Yale New Haven Hospital. Residents have experienced outdoor schools, Better Babies contests, and Yellow Fever and other epidemics. We will examine how Connecticut's responses and debates regarding such institutions and events reflected larger medical issues in American society. Students will research the medical collections at the Watkinson, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, and other archives. This course meets the Archival method requirement. |