From Heroic Medicine To Herbalism – The History Of Medicine In America


Modern medicine is rapidly evolving, but in order to appreciate what we have today, we must look back at how we got here. There were various methods battling for recognition – traditional, folk, homeopathy, herbal, and many more. Our experts explain exactly how scientific medicine came out on top.


Guest Information:

  • Dr. Jeremy Greene, William H. Welch Professor of the History of Medicine, Director of the Department of the History of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Dr. Kenneth M. Ludmerer, Mabel Dorn Reeder Professor in the History of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis

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