Epidemics in Western Society Since 1600 (Yale)

1. Introduction to the Course (Yale)

10. Asiatic Cholera (II): Five Pandemics (Yale)

11. The Sanitary Movement and the 'Filth Theory of Disease' (Yale)

12. Syphilis: From the "Great Pox" to the Modern Version (Yale)

9. Asiatic Cholera (I): Personal Reflections (Yale)

13. Contagionism versus Anticontagionsim (Yale)

14. The Germ Theory of Disease (Yale)

15. Tropical Medicine as a Discipline (Yale)

16. Malaria (I): The Case of Italy (Yale)

17. Malaria (II): The Global Challenge (Yale)

18. Tuberculosis (I): The Era of Consumption (Yale)

19. Tuberculosis (II): After Robert Koch (Yale)

2. Classical Views of Disease: Hippocrates, Galen, and Humoralism (Yale)

20. Pandemic Influenza (Yale)

21. The Tuskegee Experiment (Yale)

22. AIDS (I) (Yale)

23. AIDS (II) (Yale)

24. Poliomyelitis: Problems of Eradication (Yale)

25. SARS, Avian Inluenza, and Swine Flu: Lessons and Prospects (Yale)

26. Final Q&A (Yale)

3. Plague (I): Pestilence as Disease (Yale)

4. Plague (II): Responses and Measures (Yale)

5. Plague (III): Illustrations and Conclusions (Yale)

6. Smallpox (I): 'The Speckled Monster' (Yale)

7. Smallpox (II): Jenner, Vaccination, and Eradication (Yale)