GCSE History Medicine Through Time Complete Revision

SECTION 1: Medicine in Medieval England c.1250 – c.1500

SECTION 2: The Medical Renaissance in England c.1500 – c.1700

SECTION 3: Medicine in 18th and 19th Century Britain c.1700 – c.1900

SECTION 4: Medicine in Modern Britain

SECTION 5: The British Sector of the Western Front, 1914 – 1918: Injuries, treatments and the trenches

 

Example answers:

Includes full answers with feedback to:

‘The creation of the NHS was the most significant factor in the treatment of illness in the 20th century’ How far do you agree? [16 marks + 4 SPAG]

Question 2a from Pearson Paper reference 1HI0/11 S49232A: How useful are Sources A and B for an enquiry into the problems involved performing operations on the western front? [8 marks]

Explain why there was continuity in ideas about the causes of disease during the period c1250 – 1500. [12 marks]

‘Hospital treatment in England in the period from 1250-1500 was very rare’ How far do you agree? [16 marks + 4 SPAG]

Explain one way in which ideas about the treatments of disease were different in the 17th Century from ideas in the 13th Century. [4 marks]

‘There was rapid change in ideas about the causes of illness and disease in the period from c1700 – c1900’ How far do you agree? [16 marks + 4 SPAG]

Describe two features of the support trench system on the Western Front. [4 marks]

 

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‘The greatest factor in the advancement of medical treatment in the 20th Century was technology.’ How far do you agree? [16 marks + 4 SPAG]

Explain why there was rapid change in surgical treatments in the period c.1700 – c.1900. [12 marks]

‘The work of Florence Nightingale was the most important development in the care and treatment provided in hospitals c.1700-c.1900’ How far do you agree? [16 marks + 4 SPAG]

 

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‘There was little progress in medicine in Britain during the Renaissance period (c1500-c1700).’ How far do you agree? [16 marks + 4 SPAG]

‘Jenner’s vaccination against smallpox was a major breakthrough in the prevention of disease in Britain during the period c1700-c1900.’ How far do you agree? [16 marks + 4 SPAG]

‘John Snow’s work on cholera was a turning point in the prevention of infectious diseases c1700-c1900.’ How far do you agree? [16 marks + 4 SPAG]

Explain why there were improvements in medical knowledge in the years c1500-c1700. [12 marks]

‘There was little improvement in dealing with infectious diseases in the years c1500-c1900.’ How far do you agree? [16 marks + 4 SPAG]

‘Without the NHS, improvements in medical treatments would have been minimal in the 20th Century’ How far do you agree? [16 marks + 4 SPAG]

Explain why there were changes in medical training in the period c.1500 – c.1700. [12 marks]

How useful are Sources E and F for an enquiry about the experiences of stretcher bearers on the Western Front? [8 marks]