"Lec 15 - The Germ Theory of Disease"Epidemics in Western Society Since 1600 (HIST 234) Although the development of the germ theory of disease in the latter half of the nineteenth century marks a major revolution in medical science, comparable to the discoveries of Galileo in astronomy or Darwin in biology, it cannot be reduced to the heroic efforts of a single researcher or group of researchers. Rather, a number of conceptual, technological and institutional preconditions made the germ theory possible. Among these, contagionism, microscopy and hospital medicine all played a major role. The germ theory of disease facilitated a wide range of scientific advances, including the isolation of pathogens, the creation of vaccines and the introduction of antiseptics in surgery. 00:00 - Chapter 1. Germ Theory of Disease 03:33 - Chapter 2. Preconditions 14:34 - Chapter 3. Louis Pasteur 24:17 - Chapter 4. Attenuation 33:28 - Chapter 5. Robert Koch' 39:31 - Chapter 6. Therapeutic Effects Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses This course was recorded in Spring 2010.
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Lec 1 - Introduction to the Course - Epidemics in Western Society
Lec 2- Classical Views of Disease: Hippocrates, Galen, and Humoralism
Lec 3 -Plague (I): Pestilence as Disease
Lec 4 - Plague (II): Responses and Measures
Lec 5 - Plague (III): Illustrations and Conclusions
Lec 6 - Smallpox (I): 'The Speckled Monster'
Lec 7 -Smallpox (II): Jenner, Vaccination, and Eradication
Lec 8 - Nineteenth-Century Medicine: The Paris School of Medicine
Lec 9 - Asiatic Cholera (I): Personal Reflections
Lec 10 -Asiatic Cholera (II): Five Pandemics
Lec 11- The Sanitary Movement and the 'Filth Theory of Disease'
Lec 13 - Contagionism versus Anticontagionsim
Lec 14 -Tropical Medicine as a Discipline
Lec 16 - Malaria (I): The Case of Italy
Lec 17- Malaria (II): The Global Challenge
Lec 18- Tuberculosis (I): The Era of Consumption
Lec 19- Tuberculosis (II): After Robert Koch
Lec 21- The Tuskegee Experiment
Lec 24 -Poliomyelitis: Problems of Eradication
Lec 25 -SARS, Avian Inluenza, and Swine Flu: Lessons and Prospects