Modern approaches to the prevention of illness and disease

History

Medieval ideas about the causes of illness and disease

Medieval approaches to treating and preventing disease

Medieval surgery

Medieval caregivers

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

The welfare state and the NHS

Modern approaches to medical treatment

The fight against lung cancer in the 21st century

In this unit, pupils learn about either migrants in Britain or medicine in Britain over a period of roughly 1000 years. They examine one of these themes, analysing the impact it had in Medieval, Early Modern, Industrial and Modern Britain, with a particular focus on change and continuity.

Thematic studies

Depiction or discussion of famine, disease, natural disasters.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Physical illness or injury, medical procedures, blood.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

An {{}} is a gas which is sent out into the air as a result of certain actions.

How many people in London died as a result of the Great Smog in 1952?

Which of the following health conditions is closely associated with obesity?

What proportion of people in Britain have been vaccinated against tetanus since 1990?

complained that the government had made it compulsory

What did Andrew Wakefield do regarding the MMR vaccine in 1998?

government began providing free vaccinations against diphtheria

Andrew Wakefield published his work on MMR vaccines

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

{{}} are the nutrients first identified in the 1910s that prevent deficiency diseases.

Which technology lets scientists view DNA with far greater clarity than optical microscopes?

Which method treats cancers by targeting tumours with high-energy X-rays?

Which single ‘giant’ in post-war reform referred to poor housing conditions?

Which simple screening approach introduced in the early 1900s helped identify tuberculosis?

Name the antibiotic-resistant bacterium highlighted as a major public health threat.

Modern approaches to the prevention of illness and disease

Lesson outcome

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