Medicine

Question 1

Explain one way in which people’s reactions to the plague were similar in the 14th and 17th centuries

Question 2

Explain one way in which ideas about the causes of disease were similar in the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries

Question 3

Explain one way in which treatments for illnesses were similar in the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries

Question 4

Explain one way in which people’s responses to the 1665 Great Plague in London were similar to the way that people reacted to the Black Death in Britain

Question 5

Explain one way in which ideas about the treatment of disease were different in the 13th and 17th centuries

Question 6

Explain one way in which people’s reactions to the plague were similar in the 14th and 17th centuries

Question 7

Explain one way in which ideas about the causes of disease were similar in the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries

Question 8

Explain one way in which people’s responses to the 1665 Great Plague in London were similar to the way that people reacted to the Black Death in Britain

Question 9

Explain one way in which ideas about the treatment of disease were different in the 13th and 17th centuries

Question 10

Explain one way in which ideas about the causes of disease were similar in the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries

Question 11

Explain one way in which people’s responses to the 1665 Great Plague in London were similar to the way that people reacted to the Black Death in Britain

Question 12

Explain one way in which ideas about the treatment of disease were different in the 13th and 17th centuries

Question 13

Explain one way in which understanding of the causes of disease and illness was different in c.1750 from the present day

Question 14

Explain one way in which understanding of the causes of disease and illness was different in c1750 from the present day

Question 15

Explain one way in which understanding of the causes of illness was similar in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries

Question 16

Explain one way in which understanding of the causes of illness was different in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries

Question 17

Explain why there was continuity in ideas about the causes of disease during the period c.1250—1500

Question 18

Explain why there was little change in the care provided by hospitals in the period c.1250—1500

Question 19

Explain why some changes took place in medical knowledge during the period c.1500-1700

Question 20

Explain why there was little change in methods of treating and preventing disease during the period 1500—1700

Question 21

Explain why there was continuity in the way disease was treated in the period c1500—1700

Question 22

Explain why there were changes in the way ideas about the causes of disease and illness were communicated in the period 1500—1700

Question 23

Explain why there was rapid change in surgery during the 19th century

Question 24

Explain why there was rapid progress in approaches to preventing illness in Britain during the period c.1750—1900

Question 25

Explain why there was rapid progress in disease prevention after 1900

Question 26

Explain why there was rapid change in the treatment of illness in Britain during the twentieth century

Question 27

Explain why there have been changes in methods of preventing illnesses during the twentieth century

Question 28

Explain why there have been changes in methods of treating illnesses during the twentieth century

Question 29

Explain why there have been changes in understanding the causes of illness during the twentieth century

Question 30

‘The role of the church was the main reason why there was so little change in medicine in the Middle Ages.’ How far do you agree? Explain your answer.

Question 31

‘There was little progress in medicine in the Middle Ages.’ How far do you agree? Explain your answer.

Question 32

‘The Theory of the Four Humours was the main idea about the cause of disease in the
Middle Ages.’ How far do you agree? Explain your answer.

Question 33

‘Hospital treatment in England in the period 1250—1500 was very rare.’ How far do you agree? Explain your answer.

Question 34

‘Vesalius’s work on anatomy was a major breakthrough in medical knowledge during the period 1500—1700.’ How far do you agree? Explain your answer.

Question 35

‘Harvey’s discovery of the circulation of the blood was a major breakthrough in medical knowledge during the period 1500—1700.’ How far do you agree? Explain your answer.

Question 36

‘There was little progress in medicine in Britain during the Renaissance period c.1500—1700’ How far do you agree? Explain your answer.

Question 37

‘John Snow’s work linking water with the spread of cholera led to major breakthroughs in preventing the spread of disease.’ How far do you agree? Explain your answer.

Question 38

‘Pasteur’s germ theory was the most important turning point in understanding the causes of disease and illness.’ How far do you agree? Explain your answer.

Question 39

‘There was rapid change in ideas about the causes of illness and disease in the period c1700— 1900.’ How far do you agree? Explain your answer.

Question 40

‘Louis Pasteur’s publication of the Germ Theory was the biggest turning point in medicine c1700 - 1900.’ How far do you agree? Explain your answer.

Question 41

‘Treatment of diseases and care of the sick completely changed after 1900.’ How far do you agree with this statement?

Question 42

‘The development of penicillin was the biggest breakthrough in the treatment of illnesses during the twentieth century.’ How far do you agree?

Question 43

‘The discovery of DNA was the biggest breakthrough in medicine during the twentieth
century.’ How far do you agree?