Continuity and change in explanations of the cause of disease and illness.
A scientific approach, including the work of Thomas Sydenham in improving diagnosis. The influence of the printing press and the work of the Royal Society on the transmission of ideas.
Continuity in approaches to prevention, treatment and care in the community and in hospitals.
Change in care and treatment: improvements in medical training and the influence in England of the work of Vesalius.
Key individual: William Harvey and the discovery of the circulation of the blood.
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Dealing with the Great Plague in London, 1665: approaches to treatment and attempts to prevent its spread.
NOT THE BLACK DEATH.
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