Most complex societies codify their foods investing in them a significance beyond satisfying hunger. Culinary technology in China, through the manipulation of...

A History and Ethnopharmacology of Chinese Nutrition (HIST0821)

Most complex societies codify their foods investing in them a significance beyond satisfying hunger. Culinary technology in China, through the manipulation of the potencies attributed to flavour, links to a history of nutritional ideas that begins in pre-imperial times and has echoes today in everyday life for over a billion people, and many more if we are to count those Chinese living overseas. People in China are still inclined to have a view about the effect on their bodies of what they eat, and to have an opinion about the techniques of adjusting the individual ingredients in a dish to the individual constitution and appetites of the consumer. They think about their food in unique ways. This module will be dedicated to understanding how this knowledge came about historically, to explaining the background assumptions that have informed the collective practices that surround us. It is not only a historical and ethnographic survey aimed at understanding 'other' people. It also considers how the legacy of Chinese nutritional ideas might remain relevant today for those who are interested in Chinese cuisine and Chinese medicine, and among those who care about the relationship between local and global attitudes to health and patterns of consumption. The content of the course will be grounded in history but will also draw from anthropological and ethnopharmacological approaches to the tailoring of tradition.

Acute stroke|neurological infections|headache|multiple sclerosis|movement disorders

This module is for doctors in clinical practice and focuses on improving approach to diagnosis and management of nervous system disorders in real clinical...

Diagnosis and management of nervous system disorders (CLNE0044)

This module is for doctors in clinical practice and focuses on improving approach to diagnosis and management of nervous system disorders in real clinical situations. This supplements the learning from the four basic modules on MSc Clinical Neurology via distance learning. The main sections included are loss of consciousness, headaches and epilepsy. The module also expands on the learning of the four basic modules to improve treatment of acute stroke, movement disorders and multiple sclerosis. The module includes interactive online lectures , online clinical cases and face to face lectures held in March-April every year at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology.