someone who has studied a subject and knows a lot about it

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

The nature and importance of Islamic medicine 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

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

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

What is the scientific study of the body and how its parts are arranged known as?

Who usually staffed Muslim hospitals in the medieval period?

Who was the first person to to distinguish between smallpox and measles?

Ibn al-Nafis corrected the ideas of {{}} about the circulation of blood around the human body.

Medieval Europeans accepted all Islamic medical ideas.

Medieval Europeans accepted many but not all Islamic medical ideas.

Medieval Europeans accepted only a few Islamic medical ideas.

Medieval Europeans rejected all Islamic medical ideas.

Medical cures were considered a challenge to Allah's plans.

Spiritual care was prioritised over medical cures.

Muslims felt encouraged to find and use medical cures.

Which statement about Islamic medical attitudes is most accurate?

someone who is experienced in many different trades

The {{}} funded and ran most medieval hospitals in England.

What percentage of land in medieval England was owned by the Church?

God was unable to prevent the spread of diseases.

God used disease to test some people's faith.

Identify the beliefs about disease which were commonly held by medieval Christians.

Which saint's tomb at Cantebury Cathedral was visited in hope of miraculous healing?

The Church had no control over university education in medieval England.

The Church had limited control over university education in medieval England.

The Church had some control over university education in medieval England.

The Church had control over all university education in medieval England.

Starter Quiz

What is a scholar?