Renaissance approaches to treatment and prevention

History

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.

Depiction or discussion of sex or sexual body parts, including sex education.

Depiction or discussion of sexual content

{{}} medicines were often fake but marketed as cure-alls.

How many people received the Royal Touch between 1660 and 1685?

What disease was mercury used as a treatment for?

Which of the following are humoural treatments?

bloodletting was abandoned as a form of treatment in the Renaissance period

bloodletting was only used to treat the poor in the Renaissance period

bloodletting remained popular as a form of treatment in the Renaissance period

Which term refers to a physical feeling or problem that shows that you have a particular illness?

What invention allowed books to be published more quickly, cheaply and accurately during the Renaissance period?

Which group, founded in England in 1660, encouraged scientific learning through experimentation and regular journals which shared new ideas and works?

Which physician was the first to identify the difference between measles and scarlet fever?

What proportion of books on astrology published in England between 1485 and 1707 were written by physicians?

What was observed for the first time by using a microscope in the 1670s?

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Depiction or discussion of sexual content

Adult supervision required

Starter Quiz