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History of Medicine

Data

Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2023-2024

Course director

  • Dr. Tamás MOLNÁR F.

    professor,
    Medical Skills Education and Innovation Centre

Number of hours/semester

lectures: 24 hours

practices: 0 hours

seminars: 0 hours

total of: 24 hours

Subject data

  • Code of subject: OAF-OTT-T
  • 2 kredit
  • General Medicine
  • Optional modul
  • both semesters
Prerequisites:

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Course headcount limitations

min. 5 – max. 20

Available as Campus course for 20 fő számára. Campus-karok: BTK ETK

Topic

The purpose of the course is to give an opportunity for reviewing the progress in medicine historically, from the ancient times up to the present époque, on the basis of cultural background. The understanding of the fact that contemporary medicine is the result of the efforts of several centuries will be hopefully stimulatory for the students in the professional improvement, realizing that both the theoretical basis and healing practice are due to the devoted work of previous generations. Accordingly, the progress from healing art to healing science will be illustrated in relation to the culture of previous centuries.

Lectures

  • 1. History of Medicine – WHY? - Dr. Molnár F. Tamás
  • 2. History of Medicine – WHY? - Dr. Molnár F. Tamás
  • 3. Structure of lectures – groups - Dr. Molnár F. Tamás
  • 4. Structure of lectures – groups - Dr. Molnár F. Tamás
  • 5. Ancient - Stone Age / Egypt- India - Dr. Molnár F. Tamás
  • 6. Ancient - Greeks - Hyppocrates - Dr. Molnár F. Tamás
  • 7. Ancient - Romans - Galenus - Dr. Molnár F. Tamás
  • 8. Ancient - Mythology and diseases - Dr. Molnár F. Tamás
  • 9. Middle age - Cloisters and Monks - Dr. Molnár F. Tamás
  • 10. Middle age - Arabs – India / China / America - Dr. Molnár F. Tamás
  • 11. Middle age - Surgeons & Medications - Dr. Molnár F. Tamás
  • 12. Middle age - Renessaince: anatomy and medicine - Dr. Molnár F. Tamás
  • 13. Middle age - Enlightement: Science and medicine - Dr. Molnár F. Tamás
  • 14. Romantic Medicine: 19th Century - Dr. Molnár F. Tamás
  • 15. Germs and Miazmas: age of bacteriology - Dr. Molnár F. Tamás
  • 16. Medicine and Surgery: WW1 - Dr. Molnár F. Tamás
  • 17. Century of Surgery and Images - Dr. Molnár F. Tamás
  • 18. Medicine and Surgery: WW2 - Dr. Molnár F. Tamás
  • 19. Medicine till the New Milleneum and beyond - Dr. Molnár F. Tamás
  • 20. Special topics: Plagues from Athen to COVID-19 - Dr. Molnár F. Tamás
  • 21. Special topics: Medicines from the nicotin to the target therapy - Dr. Molnár F. Tamás
  • 22. Special topics. syndromes, names, ancestors - Dr. Molnár F. Tamás
  • 23. Q&A, Course closing - Dr. Molnár F. Tamás
  • 24. Q&A, Course closing - Dr. Molnár F. Tamás

Practices

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

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Literature developed by the Department

Summary of the content of each lecture (detailed description of authors and the main outlines of their activity promoting the medicine)

Notes

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Recommended literature

Delano: The Story of Medicine, London
Benke J.: Az orvostudomány története - Hungarian ed. with English summary, Medicina, Bp. 2008.

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

Survey of the theoretical basis of medical practice in a historical period.

Mid-term exams

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Making up for missed classes

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Exam topics/questions

Essay regarding any topic related to the theme of the lectures.

Examiners

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

Rólunk