Modern improvements in diagnosis

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

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

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.

Medical treatments which involve cutting into the body are described as {{}}.

Which type of technology is typically used to try and identify broken bones in the body?

What type of test involves taking samples of flesh to help diagnose a patient?

Medieval and modern doctors used urine to make diagnoses.

Only medieval doctors used urine to make diagnoses.

Only modern doctors use urine to make diagnoses.

Neither medieval nor modern doctors used urine to make diagnoses.

Who usually conducts MRI scans and interprets the information they provide?

{{}} factors refer to the way that people live, including their diets and levels of exercise.

Which diseases are smoking strongly associated with?

{{}} were first discovered in food during the 1910s, improving understanding of how diets can affect people's health.

What did many medieval physicians study to diagnose their patient's illnesses?

Modern improvements in diagnosis

Lesson outcome

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