used to refer to people or medical practices which are useless and untrustworthy

actions and systems intended to prevent disease and maintain good health within communities

19th century approaches to treatment and prevention

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

John Hunter

Edward Jenner and vaccination

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

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

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

What term refers to actions and systems intended to prevent disease and maintain good health within communities?

Write the missing word. Leeches were often used for {{}} in the 19th century.

What led to the end of cholera outbreaks in cities like London and Glasgow?

Joseph Lister applied Germ Theory to his surgical work to try and prevent what?

A vaccine for rabies was developed within 10 years of the smallpox vaccine.

A vaccine for rabies was developed within 50 years of the smallpox vaccine.

A vaccine for rabies was developed more than 80 years after the smallpox vaccine

No vaccines were ever developed after the smallpox vaccine.

Which theory argued that microbes were the result of decay and disease?

In which year was Germ Theory first published?

Which famous British doctor opposed Germ Theory?

Write the missing word. Officials in British India blamed a cholera outbreak during the 1880s on {{}}.

Robert Koch identified microbes which were responsible for causing which diseases?

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

19th century approaches to treatment and prevention

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.