Irén Annus: Health, faith and social practice - Video

The lecture investigates the intersection of health, faith and social practice in the US during the Jacksonian period. First, it introduces the age as well as the state of health, health-care and medical education at the time. It is followed by a discussion of the temperance movement and the Mormon commandment The Word of Wisdom as examples that illustrate the systemic as well as systematic relation between these realms, and points of connection with politics and gender roles.