ooh! ooh! here's this other history of medicine class i found:

survey of medical theory, organization and practice in the context of other forms of contemporary healing. this course explores the history of medical theory and practice in europe from the twelfth to the early seventeenth century, using methods from social, intellectual, and cultural history. the principal themes of the course include:

1) the place of naturalistic medicine and medical practitioners within a larger world of healing that included a wide range of religious and magical techniques;

2) changing views of the body and its functions;

3) the cultural and social significance of disease;

4) and the gradual elaboration of medical institutions and structures such as the hospital, the university medical faculty, and highly developed regimes of public health.

it thrills me and the department can't object if i point out that i'll get to think about the medieval body how very carolyn bynum walker and i think i have spelt her name incorrectly. i just hope the department lets me take it i'm having a rather more difficult time than usual with this semester's departmental requirements and that will have to come first, naturally.