Fighting cholera in London in the 19th century

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

A 19th century revolution in surgery

The growth of hospital care 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

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

Who proved that contaminated water can spread cholera?

How many people died in the cholera outbreak of 1848-49?

Which medical explanation for cholera's spread did John Snow disprove?

When was London's new sewage system fully constructed?

What prompted the construction of a new sewer system for London at the end of the 1850s?

What word means 'relating to preventing disease by removing dirt and waste'?

Which explanation for disease encouraged the use of pavilion plans in hospital designs?

Florence Nightingale did not care about regular hand washing.

Florence Nightingale encouraged regular hand washing.

Florence Nightingale discouraged regular hand washing.

Write the missing number. Nearly {{}} nurses trained at the Nightingale School for Nursing between 1860 and 1903.

Starting with the earliest, sort the following individuals into chronological order based on when they lived.

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

Fighting cholera in London in the 19th century

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

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