1 Ideas about the Continuity and change in explanations of the cause of ● disease and illness. cause of disease and illness The influence in Britain of Pasteur’s Germ Theory and ● Koch’s work on microbes. 2 Approaches to The extent of change in care and treatment: improvements ● in hospital care and the influence of Nightingale. prevention and treatment The impact of anaesthetics and antiseptics on surgery. ● New approaches to prevention: the development and use ● of vaccinations and the Public Health Act 1875. 3 Case studies Key individual: Jenner and the development of vaccination. ● Fighting Cholera in London, 1854; attempts to prevent its ● spread; the significance of Snow and the Broad Street pump. c1900–present: Medicine in modern Britain Revised? 1 Ideas about the the influence of genetic and lifestyle factors on health. ● cause of disease and illness Improvements in diagnosis: the impact of the availability ● of tests, scans and monitors. 2 Approaches to The extent of change in care and treatment. The impact ● of the NHS and science and technology: improved access to prevention and care; advances in medicines, including magic bullets and treatment antibiotics; high-tech medical and surgical treatment in hospitals. New approaches to prevention: mass vaccinations and ● government lifestyle campaigns. 3 Case studies Key individuals: Fleming, Florey and Chain’s development ● of penicillin. The against lung cancer in the twenty-first century: ● the use of science and technology in diagnosis and treatment; government action.
1 Ideas about the cause of disease and illness ● Continuity and change in explanations of the cause of disease and illness. ● The influence in Britain of Pasteur’s Germ Theory and Koch’s work on microbes. 2 Approaches to prevention and treatment ● The extent of change in care and treatment: improvements in hospital care and the influence of Nightingale. ● The impact of anaesthetics and antiseptics on surgery. ● New approaches to prevention: the development and use of vaccinations and the Public Health Act 1875. 3 Case studies ● Key individual: Jenner and the development of vaccination. ● Fighting Cholera in London, 1854; attempts to prevent its spread; the significance of Snow and the Broad Street pump. c1900–present: Medicine in modern Britain Revised? 1 Ideas about the cause of disease and illness ● the influence of genetic and lifestyle factors on health. ● Improvements in diagnosis: the impact of the availability of tests, scans and monitors. 2 Approaches to prevention and treatment ● The extent of change in care and treatment. The impact of the NHS and science and technology: improved access to care; advances in medicines, including magic bullets and antibiotics; high-tech medical and surgical treatment in hospitals. ● New approaches to prevention: mass vaccinations and government lifestyle campaigns. 3 Case studies ● Key individuals: Fleming, Florey and Chain’s development of penicillin. ● The against lung cancer in the twenty-first century: the use of science and technology in diagnosis and treatment; government action.