Medicine and the Physician in Western Civilization

FAIN: EH-*0734-79

University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA 90089-0012)
D. Brendan B. Nagle (Project Director: November 1978 to October 1990)

To produce a pilot film for a proposed series entitled "Medicine and the Physician in Western Civilization," for use in college-level history of scienceand medicine courses. The film provides an historical overview of medical theory and practice with emphasis on humanistic origins of medicine.