Attendance

Learning objectives: - To understand the essential lines of development in the natural history of nosological frameworks. - To be familiar with the key stages in the history of medicine from antiquity—particularly Greek and Roman periods—up to the end of the early modern era. - To understand the conceptual models of the body through the evolution of medical perception and the dialogue between anatomy and pathophysiology. - To understand the evolution of medical nomenclature and scientific methodology. - To be able to apply the concept of pathocenosis. - To be able to identify the historical milestones in the caregiver–patient relationship. - To be able to contextualize medical knowledge within its historical coordinates. Contents: Natural history of nosological frameworks. - Introduction to the history of Greek and Roman medicine. - Hippocrates and Galen. - Hippocratism and Galenism. Medieval medicine. - Humanist and Renaissance medicine. - The experimental method: iatromechanics and iatrochemistry. - Medicine in the 18th and 19th centuries: from the organ to the tissue. - Definition of Bioethics. - The Hippocratic Oath. From Nuremberg to Belmont. - The Care Relationship. - Medicine and Gender Issues.

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