https://media.medfarm.uu.se/play/kanal/716svCopyright (C) 2026 Uppsala universitet, MedfarmDoITIs philosophy useful in medical practice? A dialogue between Professor MD PhD Richard Levi, Linköping University Hospital, and Dr Luis De Miranda, philosophical practitioner and historian of ideas, Center for Medical Humanities and Social Sciences, Uppsala Universityhttps://media.medfarm.uu.se/play/video/13854Mon, 08 Feb 2021 21:06:32 +0000Epidemics have had a profound impact on the course of human history, influencing the distribution of power, economic development, and social structures. In this lecture, a brief overview of some of the different theories about the role of epidemics in microhistory, that is the very long timescale of human history, are presented. The lecture also connects to the previous session on illness concepts, and asks what constitutes an epidemic as a historic event and what factors determine their effects on society.https://media.medfarm.uu.se/play/video/13904Tue, 16 Feb 2021 15:25:02 +0000For about two millennia, medicine was dominated by the ideas of humoral pathology and the direct connection between the body and its environment. Ideas about harmful fumes and airs significantly influenced how modern societies were built and many advances in public health, before the bacteriological paradigm led to new notions of hygiene and disease etiology. In the past century, the view on the relationship between health and environment has changed again as health concerns have become part of political movements for environmental protection. At the same time, several grassroots movements have appeared around illness and the environment. Many of the illnesses in question are or have been contested in the medical community. I will present examples of laypeople organizing around shared illnesses and how medical science is understood, challenged, and generated in the public sphere.https://media.medfarm.uu.se/play/video/13978Wed, 24 Feb 2021 11:23:26 +0000https://media.medfarm.uu.se/play/video/13268Tue, 24 Nov 2020 11:08:13 +0000