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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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1. Medicine in the ancient world - foundations for medieval and early modern medicine. 2. Origins of institutionalization of medicine - monasteries, universities. 3. Medieval and Early Modern Epidemics - to stay or to flee? 4. Early Modern Medicine - theories, way to modern medicine? Consultation topics: ancient, medieval and early modern medicine, modern medicine, plague epidemics, history of mentalities, everyday life in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times, history of sciences
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is introduce students to the issue of medieval and early modern medicine. The aim is to show them development of medicine, its theories and general perceptions of the human body, health and disease.
Students have basic knowledge of history of espec. medieval and early modern medicine. They are able to describe the main line of development, its representatives and the most widespread theories. At the same time they can define period concepts of a human body and its functioning. To lesser extent, they can interpret medieval and early modern imagination in relation to health and disease.
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Prerequisites
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Student should be knowledgeable in basic historic context. Also they should be familiar with basics of the history of science. Any knowledge from the history of medicine is welcome.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
Active participation in classes, essay
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Recommended literature
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David Tomíček. Víra, rozum a zkušenost v lékařství pozdně středověkých Čech. Ústí nad Labem, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7414-177-5.
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Heinz Schott. Kronika medicíny. Praha, 1994. ISBN 80-85873-16-8.
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Martin Nodl, František Šmahel (edd.). Člověk českého středověku. Praha, 2002. ISBN 80-7203-448-0.
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Milada Říhová a kol. Lékaři na dvoře Karla IV. a Jana Lucemburského. Praha-Litomyšl, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7432-047-7.
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Milada Říhová. Kapitoly z dějin lékařství. Praha, 2005. ISBN 80-246-1021-3.
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Petr Svobodný-Ludmila Hlaváčková. Dějiny lékařství v českých zemích. Praha, 2004. ISBN 80-7254-424-1.
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Roy Porter. Dějiny medicíny: od starověku po současnost. Praha, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7260-287-2.
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