KINE 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Andreas Vesalius, Aspirin, De Humani Corporis Fabrica
10 Dec 2015
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Duffin (2005: diseases are ideas influenced by tastes [habitus] and preoccupations of society, history of disease [and medicine] is related to culture and knowledge in time and place. Social history of medicine, disease and health: a social history of looks at the nature of relationships (and their changes) between people over time and place. Patient and physician: medicine health or healthcare, medicine is one occupational group (but most powerful among many in healthcare sector. A lot of medical historians studying technological advancements the history to them was who did what and how we got to this point of time. When we talk about history, we always want to recognize that history is in the eyes of the writer or the beholder. Who is writing has a great impact on what is written and what gets constructed as (legitimate) history. There is a negative sign to help you see the relationship between sufferer and observer.
