Question: Choose one (1) of the following diseases: Bubonic Plague, Smallpox, Leprosy, SARS, Polio, HIV/AIDS, Ebola, or H1N1 (if you have another widespread epidemic you want to write about please send me an e-mail for permission).
- Explain in detail, the etiology and epidemiology of the disease and trace the history of how it affected the human population for the time period in which it was prevalent. What were the attempted medical and social interventions and preventions during that time period?
- If a medical anthropologist could go back in time to contribute to the understanding of this disease, what specific contributions would they make? You need to bring in the course concepts in order to validate your discussion. For example, if there was stigma surrounding the disease, what type of information about the stigma of this disease would an anthropologist contribute. What cultural factors relate to the rise and spread of this disease, etc. a medical anthropologist be able to contribute to the understanding of this disease? In other words, your paper should not be a clinical or medical discussion of the disease, but an anthropological one using the concepts and theories you learned about in class.
Formatting Requirements - I prefer APA formatting, but as long as you use an accepted formatting style (MLA, etc.) it is fine.
* Paper should be 1500-2000 words (5-7) double spaced pages
* 1-inch margin all around
* I prefer 12 point Times New Roman font.
* Pages should be numbered