Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century

Course learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

• describe the Scottish contributions to the history of medical thinking and practice in the nineteenth century
• give examples of many medical advances that were influenced by wider social, economic, political and cultural contexts
• understand how developments in medical education permitted women to qualify and practise as doctors
• appreciate that the laboratory had a limited impact on medical practice until the twentieth century
• describe the status of medical practitioners in Europe during the nineteenth century.