in this context, medical treatments which involve cutting into the body

the process of adding an amount of blood to a person’s body

a substance that makes you unable to feel pain

A 19th century revolution in surgery

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

19th century approaches to treatment and prevention

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 means 'to make something free from microbes'?

Match each of the developments in surgery with the problem which it was supposed to help manage.

Who pioneered the use of antiseptic methods of surgery?

Write the missing word. Steam cleaning surgical equipment is an example of {{}} surgery.

What did Joseph Lister's antiseptic methods reduced death rates during his surgeries to?

First successful transfusion of human blood took place

Ether used for the first time during surgery

Queen Victoria used anaesthetic whilst giving birth

Infection became a greater problem in surgeries

Joseph Lister started using carbolic acid

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

Who developed a vaccine for rabies in 1885?

Write the missing word. In the 19th century, quack medicines were often referred to as {{}} medicines.

What were leeches commonly used for in 19th century medicine?

Clean water supplies were improved in Glasgow after Germ Theory was published.

Clean water supplies were improved in Glasgow before Germ Theory was published.

Clean water supplies were never improved in Glasgow, despite Germ Theory.

In which century was Germ Theory developed?

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

Starter Quiz