HMED3345: Medicine, Health, and Diseases in East Asia

This course explores the history of medicine in East Asia from the ancient period to the present day. From the globalization of acupuncture practices to the fight against the deadly SARS and COVID viruses, East and Southeast Asians in their homelands and abroad have sought to develop, transform, and disseminate their ways of healing. We will critically examine classical Chinese medicine's persistence, transformation, and globalization in the region and beyond. Other topics covered include the role of Western medicine in East Asia, the contestation over vaccination and pharmaceuticals, the role of colonialism in shaping medical practices, and the imaginations of Asian medicine in the United States.

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