GCSE History 9-1 Edexcel Medicine Through Time And Thematic Case Study Revision Notes and Example Answers To Practice Questions. 

Includes detailed and comprehensive notes and example answers to practice questions written by a grade 9 student. Just learn and revise using these and you will succeed in your examinations achieving the top marks. Covers the entire Medicine Through Time syllabus including the thematic case study of the British Sector on the Western Front. Also includes a timeline spanning the entire unit.

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Covers: 

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 questions:

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‘The creation of the NHS was the most significant factor in the treatment of illness in the 20^th 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 17^th Century from ideas in the 13^th 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 20^th 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]

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