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Medicine in Britain, c1250-Present Study Book for Edexcel GCSE History

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This revision guide is split into five main sections which cover the key topics that Edexcel require students to know as they take the GCSE History paper on Medicine in Britain, c1250-present. Each section starts with the key knowledge that students need to learn. This is followed by review activities and exam-style questions to help them test that knowledge. *This brand new book is not included in our current GCSE History Sale*

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06-4130-30850-03
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Printed Resource
Category
Revision Guides
Subject
History
Level(s)
GCSE
Boards(s)
Edexcel
Items/pages
84 pages

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The Contents of this book are:

Key Topic 1: c1250-c1500 – Medicine in medieval England

  • 1.1 Supernatural and religious explanations of the causes of disease
  • 1.2 Approaches to treatment and prevention in medieval England
  • 1.3 Case Study: Dealing with the Black Death (1348-49)

Key Topic 2: c1500-c1700 – The Medical Renaissance in England

  • 2.1 Ideas about the cause of disease and illness in Renaissance England
  • 2.2 Approaches to prevention and treatment in Renaissance England
  • 2.3 Case Study: William Harvey and the discovery of the circulation of the blood
  • 2.4 Case Study: Dealing with the Great Plague in London (1665)

Key Topic 3: c1700-c1900 – Medicine in 18th and 19th century Britain

  • 3.1 Ideas about the cause of disease and illness in 18th and 19th century Britain
  • 3.2 Approaches to prevention and treatment in 18th and 19th century Britain
  • 3.3 Case Study: Edward Jenner and the development of vaccination
  • 3.4 Case study: Fighting cholera in London (1854)

Key Topic 4: c1900-present – Medicine in modern Britain

  • 4.1 Ideas about the causes of disease and illness in modern Britain
  • 4.2 Approaches to prevention and treatment in modern Britain
  • 4.3 Case study: Fleming, Florey and Chain’s development of penicillin
  • 4.4 Case study: The fight against lung cancer in the 21st century

Key Topic 5: The British sector of the Western Front, 1914-18 – injuries, treatments and the trenches

  • 5.1 The context of the British sector of Western Front and the theatre of war
  • 5.2 Conditions requiring medical treatment on the Western Front
  • 5.3 The Work of the RAMC and FANY
  • 5.4 The significance of the Western Front for experiments in surgery and medicine
  • 5.5 The historical context of medicine in the early twentieth century

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