approach to testing and gaining knowledge based on observation and experimentation

caused or spread by sexual activity with another person

John Hunter

History

Medieval ideas about the causes of illness and disease

Medieval approaches to treating and preventing disease

Medieval surgery

Medieval caregivers

The role of Christianity in Medieval medicine

The nature and importance of Islamic medicine and surgery

Medieval public health in towns and monasteries

The Black Death

Renaissance ideas about disease and illness

Renaissance approaches to treatment and prevention

Renaissance changes in anatomy and surgery

William Harvey

Hospital care in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries

The Great Plague of 1665

Edward Jenner and vaccination

New 19th century ideas about the causes of disease and illness

19th century approaches to treatment and prevention

A 19th century revolution in surgery

The growth of hospital care in the 19th century

Fighting cholera in London in the 19th century

Improvements in public health in the 19th century

Modern advances in understanding the causes of illness and disease

Modern improvements in diagnosis

The development of magic bullets and antibiotics

Modern approaches to medical treatment

Improvements in modern surgery

The Liberal reforms and public health

The welfare state and the NHS

Modern approaches to the prevention of illness and disease

The fight against lung cancer in the 21st century

In this unit, pupils learn about a theme in British history over a period of roughly 1000 years. They examine this theme, analysing the impact it had in Medieval, Early Modern, Industrial and Modern Britain, with a particular focus on change and continuity.

Thematic Studies

Physical illness or injury, medical procedures, blood.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Depiction of war, threats of war, death or the aftermath of war.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Depiction or discussion of sex or sexual body parts, including sex education.

Depiction or discussion of sexual content

What word is used to describe something caused or spread by sexual activity with another person?

John Hunter worked as an {{}} surgeon which helped him correct ideas about gunshot wounds.

Some of John Hunter's work was published in the journal "Philosophical Transactions". Which organisation published this journal?

{{}} was encouraged to follow the scientific method by John Hunter, which helped him discover a new method for preventing smallpox infections.

Which two diseases did John Hunter believe were the same?

shared incorrect ideas about venereal disease

suggested book-led learning was the only way to gain medical knowledge

How did John Hunter's work negatively affect medical progress?

Social {{}} refers to the practice of keeping away from other people as much as possible, in order to stop a disease from spreading.

An {{}} is when a large number of people get the same disease over the same period of time.

The Black Death was deadlier than the Great Plague.

The Great Plague was deadlier than the Black Death.

The Black Death and Great Plague were equally deadly.

How did the death tolls of the Black Death and Great Plague compare?

How long were infected households quarantined for during the Great Plague?

Identify the examples of social distancing from the Great Plague.

William Harvey publishes his theory of blood

Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.

Starter Quiz