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Medicine in Britain, c1250–present

Year 10 • History • Edexcel
We've put the lessons in order helping you build on what you've learned before so it’s best to start with the first lesson of a unit.

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1
Medieval ideas about the causes of illness and disease
2
Medieval approaches to treating and preventing disease
3
Medieval surgery
4
Medieval caregivers
5
The Black Death
6
Renaissance ideas about disease and illness
7
Renaissance approaches to treatment and prevention
8
Renaissance changes in anatomy and surgery
9
William Harvey
10
Hospital care in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries
11
The Great Plague of 1665
12
Edward Jenner and vaccination
13
New 19th century ideas about the causes of disease and illness
14
19th century approaches to treatment and prevention
15
A 19th century revolution in surgery
16
The growth of hospital care in the 19th century
17
Fighting cholera in London in the 19th century
18
Improvements in public health in the 19th century
19
Modern advances in understanding the causes of illness and disease
20
Modern improvements in diagnosis
21
The development of magic bullets and antibiotics
22
The welfare state and the NHS
23
Modern approaches to medical treatment
24
Modern approaches to the prevention of illness and disease
25
The fight against lung cancer in the 21st century