Health and Healing in America

On Wed, March 27 we will discuss what replaced the 19th century doctor’s “box of blanks” by the mid-20th century. Please read and prepare to discuss Burnham Health Care in America, chapters 8 and 14.

Response #3 is due, deadline extended to midnight.

On Mon, April 1, bring your Disease Project posters to class and prepare to share and discuss your findings with your classmates.

Brandeis history professor Michael Willrich‘s book about smallpox traces the complex interactions between medicine, public health, government and politics in the Progressive Era. We will read this book over two weeks, from March 18 to March 25. Please bring the book to class on the days we’re discussing the assigned chapters, and use the discussion questions to guide your class preparation, note-taking and reading.

Discussion Questions for Pox

Mon, March 18: Read Pox, Prologue and Chapters 1-3

Wed, March 20: Read Pox, Chapters 4-5. Bring laptops this day, we’ll use some classtime for your Disease Project research.

Mon, March 25: Read Pox, Chapters 6-8. Bring laptops this day, we’ll use some classtime for your Disease Project research.