Students learn about Hippocrates and Galen in the context of the traditional Western medicine and humoral theory. Students also write on an exit slip their own thoughts on whether or how modern medicine considers the mind-body connection.Close
Students examine the four humors as they relate to bodily fluids and temperaments that continued as an integral part of Western medicine’s view of the mind-body connection in Shakespeare’s time, using various primary visual sources. Afterwards, students consider the current understanding of the mind-body connection by reading two articles and writing an essay where they revise and elaborate on their exit slips written during Lesson 1, Step 10.Close
