Monday Wednesday Friday
Jan 12 14 16
Intro to course

No assignment.
In-class: Disease Concepts, Hippocratic Triangle, Models of Disease
No assignment.
In-class: Disease Concepts, Hippocratic Triangle, Models of Disease
19 21 23
Martin Luther King Day:

No class

Babylonian Medicine:
   E. Robson click here
   N. Demand click here
Babylonian Medicine: see Moodle for readings
Images: click here, then search for the SAA 10 numbers.
Original texts & translations: click here. Cut & paste the names of individuals or scroll down to SAA 10 & look for names
26 28 30
Egyptian Medicine:
   N. Demand, click here
   R. Wilkins click here
   J. Middendorp click here.
Guest lecture by Dr. McRae: see Moodle for readings


Egyptian Medicine:
   Edwin Smith Papyrus click here
   for the iPad app click here

Feb 2 4 6
Egyptian Medicine:
    Kahun Medical Papyrus
      Reading a passage
      about the Kahun Papyrus
    P McGovern and Moodle
    Ebers Papyrus, see Moodle.
The Plague in Homer, Thucydides, and Procopius: see Moodle for readings


Guest lecture by Dr. Jaeger: see Moodle for readings

9 11 13
Overview of Hippocratic Corpus
Assignment: pick/narrow down research topic & find some research on it

Hippocratic Corpus: see Moodle for readings

Presidents' Day Holiday

No class

16 18 20
Snow day

No class

Hippocratic Corpus: see Moodle for readings

Pharmacology in the Greco-Roman World: introduction
Critical Review due
23 25 27
Pharmacology in the Greco-Roman World: see Moodle for readings

Pharmacology in the Greco-Roman World: see Moodle for readings
View the 6th/7th century codex of Dioscorides click here
Miracle Workers: introduction

Revised Critical Review due

Mar 2 4 6
Greek Religious Healing: see Moodle for readings Miracle Workers: Apollonius of Tyana, Alexander of Abonouteichos, Simon Magus: see Moodle for readings

Greek and Demotic Magical Papyri: see Moodle for readings

9 11 13
Coptic Christian Magical Papyri: see Moodle for readings
Mid-term due

McGuire, Ritual Healing in Suburban America, Ch 1 (all) and Ch 2 (32-37)

16 18 20
McGuire, Ch 2 (18-21) and all of Ch 3
Outline & Bibliography due
McGuire, Ch 2 (22-24) and all of Ch 4

23 25 27
Spring Break

No class

Spring Break

No class

Spring Break

No class

30
Dr. Leuci sick: Class canceled






April 1 3
McGuire, Ch 2 (25-27) and all of Ch 5
Also pdf in Moodle or click here(BBC) or click here (New Scientist)
McGuire, Ch 2 (27-29) and all of Ch 6

6 8 10
Easter Weekend

No class

McGuire, Ch 8;
pdfs in Moodle

Presentations by Dan, Rylie, Angelique
Research paper early
13 15 17
Presentations by Claire, Katie, TBA
Research paper due
Presentations by Marie, Laura, Jamie

Presentations by Mengmeng, Jordyn, TBA

20 22 24
Presentations by Devinn, Erica

Presentations by Morgan, Jacey, Jack

Presentations by Mikaela, Miranda, Spencer

27 29 May 1
Presentations by Willie, TBA, Justin

Presentations by Katalyn, Tyler, Novah

Taste of Ancient Greece & Rome

4
Final due at noon