to control something using machines and not people

in a modern context, practices conducted by trained professionals, based on scientific methods and evidence

Modern approaches to medical treatment

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

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

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

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Depiction or discussion of famine, disease, natural disasters.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Physical illness or injury, medical procedures, blood.

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How many doses of penicillin were produced in the UK in 2023?

What does radiotherapy treatment involve?

{{}} release electrical pulses to help keep people's heartbeats regular.

What is it claimed that St John's wort can treat?

Homeopathy is supported by a lot of scientific evidence.

Homeopathy is supported by some high-profile individuals.

Homeopathy lacks support from both scientific evidence or high-profile figures.

Homeopathy has support from both scientific evidence and high-profile figures.

medical practices which are useless and untrustworthy

medicine which destroys or limits the growth of bacteria in the body

something given to people to stop them developing particular disease

Match each word with its correct definition.

When did Alexander Fleming discover that penicillin can destroy some types of bacteria?

What proportion of deaths in the UK in 2000 were caused by infectious diseases?

Which conflict encouraged the US and British governments to support the mass production of penicillin?

first successful trial of penicillin to treat a human patient

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

Starter Quiz