History midterm

Student name: _______________________________________________

HIST 281 - History of Biomedicine – Winter 2015

Professor Lloyd Ackert

Department of History & Politics, Drexel University

Midterm Exam

Follow these instructions carefully – I will be grading, in part, how well you follow the directions for formatting and submitting your exam!

Instructions:

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This is an open-book exam. Feel free to use the assigned readings, lecture outlines, and notes. Do NOT use outside sources (like online encyclopedias) – they will lead you astray and weaken your answers. I will be looking for answers that come from the assigned readings and lectures.

Work on the exam alone.

When writing your essays make sure to relate specific details from the lectures and readings to the themes in history of biomedicine. If you quote directly from the course materials, you need to cite the source, for example (Poirier, pg 255). You do not need to cite the lecture material.

Type your answers in the space below the questions. Use the same font type, size, and color. Do not delete any of the questions.

DUE DATE: Midnight, Sunday, February 15th. Please upload your completed exam through the Turnitin Assignment on Learn. (Let me know by email if you need more time.) If you have technical difficulties please email the exam to me and write HIST298-004_MidtermExam in the subject line.

Midterm Exam Essay Questions: For each of the three parts below write an essay of 250-350 words that discusses the question and relates it to the in-class lectures and other course materials. Make sure to use specific information as much as possible. (30 Points each)

Part I. Paris Medicine Open the book by Xavier Bichat, Physiological researches on life and death; tr. from the French by F. Gold ... with notes by F. Magendie ... The notes tr. by George Hayward, M.D. Boston, Richardson and Lord, 1827. Available as an E-Book in the Hagerty library catalogue at: http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433010805012;view=1up;seq=169

Please read the introduction to Book 2 “General Considerations on Death” pp. 172-179, and skim the next parts to page 192 as needed. Discuss how this writing by Bichat reflects changes that were occurring in medicine during the early 19th century in Paris.

Part II. Cholera

Read the two short articles: W.B. Hart, “On a Recent Case of Asiatic Cholera Successfully Treated” and Henry Moon, “Cholera and its Treatment,” published in The Lancet, 1848, Volume 52, Issue 1311, PP. 419-420; Available in the Midterm Readings folder on Learn and at: http://www.sciencedirect.com.ezproxy2.library.drexel.edu/science/article/pii/S014067360272583X

Discuss how these essays reflect the changes in understanding epidemic diseases like cholera in the mid 19th century.

Part III. Homeopathy

Open EITHER

1)Samuel Hahnemann, The Lesser Rritings of Samuel Hahnemann, collected and translated by R.E. Dudgeon ; with a preface and notes by E.E. Marcy. Available as an E-Book at on the Hagerty Library catalogue at: http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015068374282;view=1up;seq=409

OR,

2) Samuel Thomson, New guide to health; or, Botanic family physician, Boston, House, 1825. READ the chapter on “Description of the Vegetable Medicine used in my System of Practice,” pp. 37-48 (on this book page 37 comes after page 192); Available as an E-Book in the Hagerty Library catalogue at: http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044012541926;view=1up;seq=197

Choose either Hahnemann’s or Thomson’s writings and discuss how it relates to the new approach to medicine during the Jacksonian Period in American history of medicine.

Part IV: Medical Careers (10 Points)

Using the examples from lectures and other course materials, write an essay of 150-200 words discussing what physicians needed to have or do to develop a successful career during the 19th century.