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Mar 28, 2024
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FYSP 017 - From Renaissance Anatomy to Modern Medicine Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Semester Full Course Credits: 4 credits Attribute: 4HU, WINT
This course traces the history of modern medicine from the Renaissance to the present, beginning with the anatomical discoveries of Andreas Vesalius and continuing into the present with Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich (1886), Camus’s The Plague (1947), and essays by Atul Gawande, a Harvard professor of medicine who recounts in gripping detail his journey through medical school and the ethical challenges he faces as a surgeon. Enrollment Limit: 15 Instructor: M. Senior Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
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