The Medical History of Epilepsy
As you will learn throughout the semester, how we think about and treat diseases changes dramatically over time. Many social forces influence medicine and learning to understand that is essential for fostering a humanistic perspective on medical care.
Write a paper describing how people treated and experienced a single disease from the ancient period to the present.
You will be expected to read both primary and secondary sources to explore the varied ways your selected condition existed across time too.
As you read and write, develop a claim that argues why studying the history of your disease chosen matters today.
Your response must be specific to your disease.
Paper Instructions
You will select a disease from human history. It can be any pandemic acknowledged by historians of medicine, even if we don’t discuss it in class.
The final version of the paper must be cited appropriately. You may use APA, MLA, or Chicago Style. Failure to cite your sources in text and in your bibliography will fail this assignment.
The final version of the paper needs to be between 3500-4500-words in length.
Any draft submitted must be double-spaced. Papers that are not double spaced will be returned until they are properly formatted.
