Medical Science has experienced an outsized growth spurt over the past 100 years, generating remarkable discoveries, transformative procedures and "bionic" equipment. These have combined to lengthen our life-spans by 50%. We longer-lived humans have also come to view our bodies and our very selves quite differently from previous generations. In 90 brimming minutes, veteran medical historian Dr. Mike Magee tells the whole surprising story. He'll ensure we grasp how far we've come, who brought us, what we left behind, and what may lie ahead. This fascinating odyssey pauses at 10 medical high points to explain each advance and to describe those who achieved the breakthroughs, revolutionizing the art and science of medicine.
Class meets at The McAuley, 275 Steele Rd, West Hartford.