Engaging with AQA GCSE (9–1) History: Health and the people, c1000 to the present day Thematic study
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Contents
Introduction to the Thematic Study
Part 1: The Middle Ages, c1000–1500: Medicine stands still
Period introduction: The Middle Ages
1.1 Introducing … Claudius Galen
1 Medieval medicine
1.2 Beliefs about the causes of illness and methods of prevention and treatment in the Middle Ages
1.3 The medieval doctor
2 Medical progress in the Middle Ages
2.1 The contribution of Christianity to medical progress and treatment
2.2 The nature and importance of Islamic medicine
2.3 Surgery in medieval times
3 Public health in the Middle Ages
3.1 Towns and monasteries
3.2 Case study: The Black Death in Britain
3.3 Middle Ages period review
Part 2: Renaissance Britain, c1500–1800: The beginnings of change
Period introduction: The Renaissance period, c1500–1800
4.1 Introducing … Andreas Vesalius
4 The impact of the Renaissance on Britain
4.2 How knowledge of anatomy improved
4.3 The work of William Harvey
4.4 The work of Ambroise Paré
5 Dealing with disease
5.1 Traditional and new methods of treating illness
5.2 Case study: The Great Plague of 1665
5.3 The growth of hospitals
5.4 Changes to the training and status of surgeons and physicians
6 Prevention of disease
6.1 Edward Jenner and the smallpox vaccination
6.2 Renaissance period review
Part 3: The nineteenth century, c1800–1900: A revolution in medicine
Period introduction: The nineteenth century
7.1 Introducing … Louis Pasteur
7 The development of the Germ Theory and its impact on the treatment of disease in Britain
7.2 Robert Koch and microbe hunting
7.3 Vaccinations, magic bullets and everyday treatments
8 A revolution in surgery
8.1 The problems facing surgeons in the early 1800s
8.2 James Simpson and chloroform
8.3 Antiseptics: Lister and carbolic acid
8.4 Aseptic surgery and better surgical procedures
9 Improvements in public health
9.1 Public health problems in industrial Britain
9.2 The factors behind public health improvement: Part 1
9.3 The factors behind public health improvement: Part 2
9.4 Nineteenth century period review
Part 4: The twentieth century, c1900–today: Modern medicine
Period introduction: The twentieth century
10.1 Introducing … Alexander Fleming – and the discovery of penicillin
10 Modern treatment of disease
10.2 The development of penicillin
10.3 The development of the pharmaceutical industry, new treatments and new diseases
11 The impact of war and technology on surgery
11.1 The impact of the First and Second World Wars on surgery
11.2 Modern surgical methods
11.3 The factors behind improvements in surgery
12 Modern public health
12.1 The Liberal social reforms
12.2 The impact of two world wars on public health, poverty and housing
12.3 The creation and development of the National Health Service
12.4 Costs, choices and the issues of healthcare in the twenty-first century
12.5 Twentieth century period review
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