History: 2nd Millennium and Medical Knowledge

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GCSE HISTORY
YOUR EXAM IS ON……..

Tuesday 14th June P.M. Paper 2

Health and Medicine.

Health and Medicine c 1345 onwards.
Study guides and useful websites. 1. You can buy a full colour CGP guide from us for £ 2.75 2. BBC Bitesize is useful but make sure you select the correct topics. 3. Twilight revision sessions every Wednesday or Thursday in M59 from the end of February until the exams in June. Special equipment.

You need a decent black (fine tip) pen.

 Get a highlighter and go through the exam answers highlighting the key names and dates.  Write some of these on post it’s and put them around your room at home.  Practise doing old exam papers.  Draw mind maps.

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Health and Medicine.
  Friday 27th May: 3.20-4.20 in M59. Tuesday 31st May (during the half term break). 1.30 to 3.00 pm in M59. Students should come to M59 via the Post 16 entrance. Wednesday 8th June: 3.20-4.20 in M59. Monday 13th June: 3.20-4.20 in M59. Tuesday 14th June: 12.15-12.35 Revision slide show in M59.

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EXAM. TUESDAY 14th June P.M.(HEALTH AND MEDICINE)

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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.

HEALTH AND MEDICINE. 1345 – PRESENT

Content focus What were the main medical ideas common in Wales and England in the late middle ages?

1. Developments in medical knowledge Content exemplification   The idea of alchemy (the search for drugs and potions) Other common ideas (‘Zodiac man’ charts and the influence of astrology; the theory of the four humours) The impact of the Renaissance (the influence of Renaissance ideas – including printing – on medical knowledge) Important developments in medical knowledge (the work and importance of Andreas Vesalius and Ambroise Paré; the work and importance of William Harvey) Work on the germ theory (the work and importance of Louis Pasteur and of Robert Koch) The development of scanning techniques (the work of Wilhelm Röntgen and X-rays; ultra-sound, MRI and PET scans) The developments in