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Faculty and Staff Directory

Full-Time Faculty:
Paul Potter, B.Sc., M.D.,C.M., M.A., Dr.phil.

Part-Time Faculty:
Melitta Adamson, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Beate Gundert, Staatsexamen, Dr.phil.
Joseph Lella, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Shelley McKellar, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.

Staff:
Teresa Janik, B.E.S., MPA

Teaching

Undergraduate

HM 220

Introduction to the History of Medicine

An overview of the development of medicine from antiquity to the present, including the growth of medical sciences, concepts of disease, therapies, and the history of medical practice and institutions.

(Full course)

HM 420F/G

Special Topics in History of Medicine

Independent research on a chosen topic in the History of Medicine individually directed by a faculty member.

(Half course)

Faculty Research

Professors Gundert and Potter study ancient and Byzantine medical texts in Greek

Professor Adamson (Department of Modern Languages: German Section) medieval pharmacological and gastronomical literature in German and Latin

Professor Lella (Department of Sociology, King’s College) the legacy of Sir William Osler

Professor McKellar (Department of History) twentieth century Canadian medicine and medical technology

Facilities

The departmental facilities are located in room H041 of the Health Sciences Addition Building at The University of Western Ontario. These include, besides faculty and administrative offices, a reference library of approximately two thousand titles in the history of science and medicine, and an artifact collection containing over one thousand catalogued items dating primarily from 1880-1920, which illustrate the early history of medicine in Southwestern Ontario.

Contact

Department Chair	Dr. Paul Potter	Email Dr. Paul Potter
Department Administrative Officer	Teresa Janik	Email Teresa Janik