Medicine Through Time An Overview

Medicine Through Time

An Overview
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Medicine Through Time An Overview

The MTT course is a Development Study it traces the development of one theme over time It is the most important aspect of your GCSE as it appears on both Paper 1 AND Paper 2 As well as studying the in-depth information about different parts of the course, its a really good idea to have an overview as well
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Medicine Through Time An Overview

The course can be split into the following time periods: PRE-HISTORY ANCIENT EGYPT ANCIENT GREECE ANCIENT ROME THE MIDDLE AGES THE RENAISSANCE 1750-1900 THE C20TH

PREANCIENT ANCIENT HISTORY GREECE

EGYPT

ANCIENT ROME

THE MIDDLE AGES

THE RENAISSANCE

17501900

THE C20TH

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Medicine Through Time An Overview

THE FACTORS!
It is REALLY important to:

Know what the 7 Factors are

WAR
SCIENCE INDIVIDUALS AND TECHNOLOGY
COMMUNICATIONS

RELIGION

GOVERNMENT

CHANCE

Be able to show which Factors were most important in Medicine and Health during which time periods
Be able to give EXAMPLES to show how each of the factors has led to progression (or in some cases, regression) in Medicine and Health
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Medicine Through Time An Overview

Cause of Disease and Treatment of Disease My names Graham, and

It is also really important to know what people thought illness and disease was caused by in each of the time periods AND what they did to cure it So lets Imagine youre a Germ
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Im a really nasty germ!

Medicine Through Time An Overview

Cause of Disease and Treatment of Disease

The best candidates will show confidence in their understanding of how types have treatment have developed over time For example how, why, and when has Public Health or Surgery developed? Are there any links to the Factors here?
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Medicine Through Time An Overview

Turning Points
An understanding that the history of MTT has seen a number of key Turning Points is crucial What are these turning points?
1861 Germ Theory? Hippocrates 4 Humour Theory? Discovery of Anaesthetics? The work of Pare? The drawings of Vesalius?

What others can you come up with?

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Medicine Through Time An Overview

Individuals
Finally it is also very important as part of your overview to know who was important in the development of MTT, when and why

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Medicine Through Time An Overview

Now get some revision done!

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