Paper 2 Section A

Britain: Heath and the people c1000-present day

Retrieval Practice

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You can complete the quiz as many times as you like as part of your revision programme.


Revision Videos

Part One: Medicine Stands Still

1) Medieval Medicine

2) Why did Medicine stand still?

3) The Black Death

4) Medieval Surgery

Part Two: Beginnings of Change

5) Renaissance Medicine

6) Andreas Vesalius

7) William Harvey

8) Ambroise Pare

9) The Great Plague


10) Edward Jenner


11) John Hunter


Part Three: A Revolution in Medicine

12) Louis Pasteur

13) Robert Koch

14) Magic Bullets

15) Black period of Surgery

16) Simpson and Chloroform

17) Semmelwiess and infection

18) Joseph Lister and Carbolic Acid

19) Surgery Review

20) Edwin Chandwick

21) John Snow and Cholera

22) Bazalgette and the Great Stink

23) Public Health Acts

Part Four: Modern Medicine

24) Fleming and Penicillin

25) Florey and Chain

26) Medicine in WW1

27) Modern Medicine Summary

28) Rowntree and Booth

29) Liberal Welfare Reforms

30) NHS

31) Individuals in Medicine

Exam Skills

Factors in Medicine

NET History Podcasts


Revision Materials

Part One: Medicine Stands Still

Part Two: Beginnings of Change

Part Three: A Revolution in Medicine

Part Four: Modern Medicine

Exam Skill Videos: Paper 2 Section A


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