The course is to explore medicine and diseases in Chinese history from cultural perspective. The history of medicine comprises the history of human responses to natural environment and diseases, cultural exchanges, medical development and the interpretations of body. The course will discuss different aspects of medicine such as medical canons, traditions, Materia Medica, surgery, patient and healer relationship, ophthalmology, public health, religious healing and fatal diseases. Throughout the semester it will also evaluate the complex connection between medicine and culture, politics, society and religion. Students will learn historical thinking which is helpful to develop their essential skills to formulate questions, collect evidence, assess historical source materials, review historical interpretations, and construct a historical analysis from various viewpoints. The course will inevitably involve certain key concepts and terminologies in medical science and Chinese medicine, but there will be nothing technical.