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HIS 227 and PSC 227
POWER AND AUTHORITY IN
NONWESTERN SOCIETIES


LOOKING AT THE IMPACT OF "POWER" AND "AUTHORITY" ON THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE

 

The following topic outline (and associated assignments) will be covered in the period
between March 21, 2003 and March 31, 2003.

Friday, March 21, 2003
THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE IN JAPAN

WEB READING ASSIGNMENTS:

A brief introduction to Kampo - Japanese Herbal Medicine, a treatment available to patients at Kailash Centre of Oriental Medicine in London.
An more extensive overview is provided at the What is Kampo web site maintained by Tsumura, the world's largest producer of herbal medicines.
Monday, March 24, 2003
THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE IN ISLAMIC WEST AFRICA
Special Lecture by Dr. Kathy Curnow CSU, Department of Art.

READING ASSIGNMENT:
 Ismail H. Abdullah, Islamic Medicine and Practitioners in Northern Nigeria, Chapter IV, Hausa Practitioners and Islamic Medicine: The Herbalists.

Wednesday, March 26, 2003
MORE ON THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE IN ISLAMIC WEST AFRICA

 

Friday, March 28, 2003
DISCUSSION: ANNE FADIMAN'S THE SPIRIT CATCHES YOU AND YOU FALL DOWN, Chapters One through Ten (pp. 3 - 139)

Monday, March 31, 2003:
DISCUSSION: ANNE FADIMAN'S THE SPIRIT CATCHES YOU AND YOU FALL DOWN, Chapters Eleven through Nineteen (pp. 140 - 288)
This site has been prepared by Lee A. Makela (l.makela@csuohio.edu) for the use of students enrolled in HIS 227 and PSC 227, Power and Authority in Nonwestern Societies, at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, during the Spring Semester of the 2002 - 2003 Academic Year; please contact him with any comments. 
last revised: March 16, 2003