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Paper 1 Medicine through time, c1250-present c1250–c1500: Medicine in medieval England c1500–c1700: The Medical Renaissance in England c1700–c1900: Medicine in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain c1900–present: Medicine in modern Britain 1 Ideas about the cause of disease and illness Supernatural and religious explanations of the cause of disease. Rational explanations: the Theory of the Four Humours and the miasma theory; the continuing influence in England of Hippocrates and Galen. Continuity and change in explanations of the cause of disease and illness. A scientific approach, including the work of Thomas Sydenham in improving diagnosis. The influence of the printing press and the work of the Royal Society on the transmission of ideas. 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. Advances in understanding the causes of illness and disease: the influence of genetic and lifestyle factors on health. Improvements in diagnosis: the impact of the availability of blood tests scans and monitors. 2 Approaches to prevention and treatment Approaches to prevention and treatment and their connection with ideas about disease and Continuity in approaches to prevention, treatment and care in the community and in hospitals. The extent of change in care and treatment: improvements in hospital care and the influence of Nightingale. The extent of change in care and treatment. The impact of the NHS and science and technology: improved access to care;