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These notes have been compiled through attendance at lectures for the MSc in History of Science, Technology and Medicine (HOSTM) with the London Centre for HOSTM between Septemeber 2001 and June 2002. All files are Microsoft Word (2000) version.

Please do not reproduce without my permission. Contact me at hostm@sulkyblue.co.uk

The Western Medical Tradition

All lectures took place at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine. Files are between 30 and 60kb unless otherwise indicated.

  • Lecture 1: Introduction to the Historiography of Modern Medicine
    14th January - Hal Cook, Andrew Wear and Vivien Nutton
  • Lecture 2: The Birth of the Tradition
    21st January - Vivien Nutton
  • Lecture 3: Medicine in Alexandria and Rome
    28th January - Vivien Nutton
  • Lecture 4: The Systematization and Triumph of Galen
    4th February - Vivien Nutton
  • Lecture 5: The Development of the Medical Profession
    11th February - Vivien Nutton
  • Lecture 6: Medicine in Early Modern Society
    18th February - Andrew Wear
  • Lecture 7: Medicine and Religion in Early Modern England
    25th February - Andrew Wear
  • Lecture 8: Early Modern Surgery
    4th March - Andrew Wear
  • Lecture 9: Disease in History
    11th March - Bill Bynum
  • Lecture 10: Plague
    18th March - Andrew Wear
  • Lecture 11: Medicine and the New Science
    22nd April - Hal Cook
  • Lecture 12: Nerves and Neurosis
    29th April - Michael Neve
  • Lecture 13: Medicine and the Enlightenment
    13th May - Hal Cook
  • Lecture 14: Medical Theory 1700-1750
    27th May - Hal Cook
  • Complete notes - 215kb, 26 pages

Coursework essays - DO NOT REPRODUCE

  • Essay 1 - Was There A Medical Profession In Classical Greece? - March 2002
  • Essay 2 - 'Microparasitism and macroparasitism.' Evaluate, using specific examples, the ways in which the consideration of disease has altered traditional military and/or political readings of historical change. - May 2002
20th Century Science, Technology and Medicine

All lectures took place at Imperial College. Files are between 30 and 50kb unless otherwise indicated. Lectures by Dr Fridlund are not availabe as handouts were provided and I did not type them up.

  • Lecture 1: Introduction - Andrew Mendelsohn, January 17th
  • Lecture 2: The Rise of Research - Mats Fridlund, January 24th
  • Lecture 3: Medicine in the Machine Age: X-rays - Andrew Warwick, January 31st
  • Lecture 4: Scale and Geography in Interwar Physics - Andrew Warwick, February 7th
  • Lecture 5: Design and Control - Mats Fridlund, February 14th
  • Lecture 6: Mass Production and Consumption - Mats Fridlund, February 21st
  • Lecture 7: Atomic Power and Rockets - Andrew Warwick, February 28th
  • Lecture 8: Experts and Technocrats - Andrew Mendelsohn, March 7th
  • Lecture 9: Antibiotics - Robert Bud, March 14th
  • Lecture 10: Biomedicine - Andrew Mendelsohn, March 21st
  • Lecture 11: The Cold War - Andrew Warwick, April 25th
  • Lecture 12: Ecology and the Environment - Andrew Mendelsohn, May 2nd
  • Lecture 13: Death - Mats Fridlund, May 9th
  • Lecture 14: A New Imperialism? International Health Agencies - Dr Bhattacharya, May 16th
  • Complete notes - 115kb, 1 pages

Coursework essays - DO NOT REPRODUCE

  • Essay 1 - What can we learn about the interaction between science, technology and medicine from the history of x-rays and antibiotics? - March 2002
  • Essay 2 - What can we learn about the development of Science, Technology and Medicine in the 20th century by considering the changing scale of research, organisation and technology? - May 2002