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The regulation for the subject History and Philosophy of Science in Part II of the Natural Sciences Tripos has been amended as set out below. The purpose of the amendment is to replace the present single paper on the history of medicine by two papers, one on early medicine and one on modern medicine. The regulations for the Natural Sciences Tripos (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 362) have been amended, with effect from 1 October 1999, as follows:
Regulation 32.
History and Philosophy of Science
By amending sub-paragraph (a) so as read:
(a) Each candidate shall offer three written papers of three hours each, to be chosen by the candidate from a list of not more than eight papers.
The supplementary regulations for the subject History and Philosophy of Science in Part II (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 379) have also been amended, with effect from the same date, as follows:
By amending the second sentence so as to read:
No candidate shall offer Paper 7 or Paper 8 having previously offered the Special Subject History of Medicine in Part II (General) of the Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos.
By replacing the entry for Paper 7 by the following entries for Papers 7 and 8:
Questions will be set on some of the following topics:
Greek rationality and learning; the medical market-place; medical ethics. The incorporation of medicine in the middle ages and the nature of scholastic medicine; human anatomy and animal vivisection. Natural philosophy and the circulation of the blood; Cartesian and Newtonian bodies.
Questions will be set on some of the following topics:
Medicine and biomedical sciences between the late eighteenth century and the present day, especially the emergence of the medical institutions, professionals and practices of industrial societies. Sciences of the body and the mind; medical technologies; doctor-patient relationships; medical ethics; relationship of Western medicine to other medical systems.
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Cambridge University Reporter, 20 January 1999
Copyright © 1999 The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.