The history of Western medicine: from Imhotep to Christiaan Barnard

Aaronson, Ian A

The history of Western medicine: from Imhotep to Christiaan Barnard

dc.contributor.author	Aaronson, Ian A
dc.date	2013-03
dc.date.accessioned	2014-09-23T01:08:12Z
dc.date.available	2014-09-23T01:08:12Z
dc.date.issued	2014-09-23
dc.description.abstract	This course will trace the roots of Western medicine from the ancient world to the subsequent landmarks in contemporary thought which formed the foundations of modern medicine. It will trace western medicine from its origins in the priest/physicians of ancient Egypt and the revolutionary concepts of Hippocrates in ancient Greece, to the beginnings of scientific discovery in the Renaissance and the Age of Enlightenment, culminating in the explosion of advances in the last decades of the twentieth century. Each lecture, illustrated by contemporary objects, manuscripts, drawings, engravings and paintings, will place this evolution in thought in the context of society at the time. LECTURE TITLES: 1. The ancient world – Egypt, Greece and Rome: 3000 BCE–500 CE; 2. Darkness to the first rays of light: 500–1450 CE (podcast not available); 3. The Age of Enlightenment and the birth of science: 1450–1800 CE; 4. The nineteenth century: squalor and progress; *5. The twentieth century and beyond: breaking barriers	en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitation	2014. <i>The history of Western medicine: from Imhotep to Christiaan Barnard.</i> http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7648	en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation	. 2014. <i>The history of Western medicine: from Imhotep to Christiaan Barnard.</i> http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7648	en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation	Aaronson, I. 2014-09-23. The history of Western medicine: from Imhotep to Christiaan Barnard. Recorded lecture. University of Cape Town.	en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris	TY - Other AU - Aaronson, Ian A AB - This course will trace the roots of Western medicine from the ancient world to the subsequent landmarks in contemporary thought which formed the foundations of modern medicine. It will trace western medicine from its origins in the priest/physicians of ancient Egypt and the revolutionary concepts of Hippocrates in ancient Greece, to the beginnings of scientific discovery in the Renaissance and the Age of Enlightenment, culminating in the explosion of advances in the last decades of the twentieth century. Each lecture, illustrated by contemporary objects, manuscripts, drawings, engravings and paintings, will place this evolution in thought in the context of society at the time. LECTURE TITLES: 1. The ancient world – Egypt, Greece and Rome: 3000 BCE–500 CE; 2. Darkness to the first rays of light: 500–1450 CE (podcast not available); 3. The Age of Enlightenment and the birth of science: 1450–1800 CE; 4. The nineteenth century: squalor and progress; *5. The twentieth century and beyond: breaking barriers DA - 2014-09-23 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - medicine KW - medical education KW - history LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 T1 - The history of Western medicine: from Imhotep to Christiaan Barnard TI - The history of Western medicine: from Imhotep to Christiaan Barnard UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7648 ER -	en_ZA
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7648
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation	. 2014. <i>The history of Western medicine: from Imhotep to Christiaan Barnard.</i> http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7648	en_ZA
dc.language	eng	en_ZA
dc.publisher.institution	University of Cape Town
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International	en_ZA
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/	en_ZA
dc.subject	medicine	en_ZA
dc.subject	medical education	en_ZA
dc.subject	history	en_ZA
dc.title	The history of Western medicine: from Imhotep to Christiaan Barnard	en_ZA
dc.type	Other	en_ZA
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uct.type.publication	Teaching and Learning	en_ZA
uct.type.resource	Recorded lecture	en_ZA