a smooth, thick substance that is used on painful or damaged skin

a thread or wire used for tying something, especially a blood vessel

the action of burning body tissue using heat to stop an injury from bleeding or getting infected

the scientific study of the body and how its parts are arranged

the action of cutting something open, especially a dead body or plant, in order to study its structure

Renaissance changes in anatomy and 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

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

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

Physical illness or injury, medical procedures, blood.

Depiction of war, threats of war, death or the aftermath of war.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

What procedure involves cutting something open, especially a dead body or plant, in order to study its structure?

Which surgeon corrected Galen's ideas that there were small holes in the heart and two bones which made up the jaw?

There were over {{}} illustrations in Vesalius' 'On the Fabric of the Human Body'.

Which ingredient in the ointment used by Ambroise Pare from 1537 onwards was most important for helping wounds to heal?

What problem of surgery did ligatures unintentionally make worse?

began conducting many dissections himself

claimed bodies had changed since Galen's time

How did Jacob Sylvius react to Andreas Vesalius' anatomical discoveries?

Untrustworthy and unqualified people who claim to have effective medical cures are often described as ...

Match each aspect of Renaissance medicine with its correct example.

{{}} houses were used to isolate some people suffering from plague.

Mercury was often used as a treatment for which disease?

What was a supernatural treatment for scrofula?

Renaissance changes in anatomy and surgery

Lesson outcome

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