Timeline of Key Figures in Medical History
Fascinating journey of medical pioneers through a visual timeline display board. From the influential Greek doctor Hippocrates to the Renaissance anatomist Vesalius, delve into their contributions, insights, and impact on medicine. Discover key milestones, writings, and theories that shaped the evolution of healthcare practices over centuries.
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Health and the People You are going to research a topic from the Medicine course, so that we as a class, can create a Display board with a TIMELINE of key content. What to create: A A4 size information sheet, with key words, facts and pictures. It needs to be colourful and well presented. You must have detail. It needs to be font size 16. The Greek Doctor Hippocrates. What to include: Dates: What books did he write? What are the 4 humours? What is clinical observation? Useful Website: http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/a-history-of- medicine/hippocrates/
Health and the People You are going to research a topic from the Medicine course, so that we as a class, can create a Display board with a TIMELINE of key content. What to create: A A4 size information sheet, with key words, facts and pictures. It needs to be colourful and well presented. You must have detail. It needs to be font size 16. The Roman Galen What to include: Dates: What did he dissect? What did he find out about the body? What is the theory of opposites? Key Websites: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/galen.shtml
Health and the People You are going to research a topic from the Medicine course, so that we as a class, can create a Display board with a TIMELINE of key content. What to create: A A4 size information sheet, with key words, facts and pictures. It needs to be colourful and well presented. You must have detail. It needs to be font size 16. Black Death What to include: When did it arrive: Symptoms: Causes: Useful Website: http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/medieval-england/the-black- death-of-1348-to-1350/
Health and the People You are going to research a topic from the Medicine course, so that we as a class, can create a Display board with a TIMELINE of key content. What to create: A A4 size information sheet, with key words, facts and pictures. It needs to be colourful and well presented. You must have detail. It needs to be font size 16. The first English Surgeon: John Arderne What to include: 1. Where he lived? 2. Where he trained? 3. Survival rate: 4. What he wrote? Useful Website: https://universityofglasgowlibrary.wordpress.com/2012/09/25/joh n-of-arderne-the-father-of-english-surgery/
Health and the People You are going to research a topic from the Medicine course, so that we as a class, can create a Display board with a TIMELINE of key content. What to create: A A4 size information sheet, with key words, facts and pictures. It needs to be colourful and well presented. You must have detail. It needs to be font size 16. Renaissance: Vesalius. What to include: 1. What he specialised in? 2. What did he do? 3. What book did he publish? 4. Key facts. Useful Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/vesalius_andreas.sh tml
Health and the People You are going to research a topic from the Medicine course, so that we as a class, can create a Display board with a TIMELINE of key content. What to create: A A4 size information sheet, with key words, facts and pictures. It needs to be colourful and well presented. You must have detail. It needs to be font size 16. Renaissance: Pare. What to include: 1. Where was he a surgeon? 2. What are ligatures? 3. What was his ointment? 4. What book did he write? Useful Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/shp/middleage s/earlymodernsurgeryrev1.shtml
Health and the People You are going to research a topic from the Medicine course, so that we as a class, can create a Display board with a TIMELINE of key content. What to create: A A4 size information sheet, with key words, facts and pictures. It needs to be colourful and well presented. You must have detail. It needs to be font size 16. Renaissance: Harvey What to include: 1. What was his specialism? 2. What did he prove about the heart? 3. What did he dissect? 4. Who did he prove wrong? Useful Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/harvey_william.sht ml
Health and the People You are going to research a topic from the Medicine course, so that we as a class, can create a Display board with a TIMELINE of key content. What to create: A A4 size information sheet, with key words, facts and pictures. It needs to be colourful and well presented. You must have detail. It needs to be font size 16. Renaissance: Surgeon John Hunter What to include: 1. What was he famous for? 2. What operations did he do? 3. How did he advance surgery? Useful Website: https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Hunter-British- surgeon
Health and the People You are going to research a topic from the Medicine course, so that we as a class, can create a Display board with a TIMELINE of key content. What to create: A A4 size information sheet, with key words, facts and pictures. It needs to be colourful and well presented. You must have detail. It needs to be font size 16. Renaissance: The Plague. What to include: 1. Types 2. What did they believed caused it? 3. How did they try and prevent it? 4. How did they try and treat it? Useful Website: http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/stuart-england/the-plague- of-1665/
Health and the People You are going to research a topic from the Medicine course, so that we as a class, can create a Display board with a TIMELINE of key content. What to create: A A4 size information sheet, with key words, facts and pictures. It needs to be colourful and well presented. You must have detail. It needs to be font size 16. Renaissance: Edward Jenner What to include: 1. What disease did he fight? 2. How did he use cowpox? 3. What is a vaccination? 4. Tell his story. Useful Website: http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/a-history-of- medicine/edward-jenner/
Health and the People You are going to research a topic from the Medicine course, so that we as a class, can create a Display board with a TIMELINE of key content. What to create: A A4 size information sheet, with key words, facts and pictures. It needs to be colourful and well presented. You must have detail. It needs to be font size 16. Renaissance: Healers What to include: Quack doctors Midwives Barber surgeons Apothecary Physicians. Useful Website: http://www.revisegcsehistory.co.uk/?page_id=174
Health and the People You are going to research a topic from the Medicine course, so that we as a class, can create a Display board with a TIMELINE of key content. What to create: A A4 size information sheet, with key words, facts and pictures. It needs to be colourful and well presented. You must have detail. It needs to be font size 16. Fighting Disease: Louis Pasteur. What to include: What is the Germ theory? What vaccinations did he discover? How did he help improve medicine? What factors helped him? Useful Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/timelines/z9kj2hv
Health and the People You are going to research a topic from the Medicine course, so that we as a class, can create a Display board with a TIMELINE of key content. What to create: A A4 size information sheet, with key words, facts and pictures. It needs to be colourful and well presented. You must have detail. It needs to be font size 16. Fighting Disease: Robert Koch What to include: How did he help identify germs? What colour did he stain them? What diseases did he discover the bacteria for? What factors helped him? http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/a-history-of- medicine/robert-koch/
Health and the People You are going to research a topic from the Medicine course, so that we as a class, can create a Display board with a TIMELINE of key content. What to create: A A4 size information sheet, with key words, facts and pictures. It needs to be colourful and well presented. You must have detail. It needs to be font size 16. Fighting Disease: Paul Ehrlich What to include: How did he help identify germs? What is the magic bullet? What did he call it? What disease did it cure? Website to help: http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1908 /ehrlich-bio.html
Health and the People You are going to research a topic from the Medicine course, so that we as a class, can create a Display board with a TIMELINE of key content. What to create: A A4 size information sheet, with key words, facts and pictures. It needs to be colourful and well presented. You must have detail. It needs to be font size 16. Public Health: 1848 Public Health Act What to include: Why was it passed? What were the key terms? By which government? Website to help: http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/publichealth/publichealthact18 48.htm
Health and the People You are going to research a topic from the Medicine course, so that we as a class, can create a Display board with a TIMELINE of key content. What to create: A A4 size information sheet, with key words, facts and pictures. It needs to be colourful and well presented. You must have detail. It needs to be font size 16. Public Health: 1875 Public Health Act What to include: Why was it passed? What were the key terms? By which government? Website to help: standard/history/1830_1930/public_health/revision/3/
Health and the People You are going to research a topic from the Medicine course, so that we as a class, can create a Display board with a TIMELINE of key content. What to create: A A4 size information sheet, with key words, facts and pictures. It needs to be colourful and well presented. You must have detail. It needs to be font size 16. Cholera and the Great Stink, 1858 What to include What is cholera? What happened in the Great stink? How did the government improve it? Website to help: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/trail/victorian_britain/social_conditi ons/victorian_urban_planning_04.shtml
Health and the People You are going to research a topic from the Medicine course, so that we as a class, can create a Display board with a TIMELINE of key content. What to create: A A4 size information sheet, with key words, facts and pictures. It needs to be colourful and well presented. You must have detail. It needs to be font size 16. Public Health: John Snow What to include What is cholera? How did Snow prove it cause? Where? What happened on Broad street? Website to help: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/snow_john.shtml
Health and the People You are going to research a topic from the Medicine course, so that we as a class, can create a Display board with a TIMELINE of key content. What to create: A A4 size information sheet, with key words, facts and pictures. It needs to be colourful and well presented. You must have detail. It needs to be font size 16. Surgery: Liston- Ether. Anaesthetics What to include What was it? When did he use? Problems with ether? Why is it significant? http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/history/uk_through_time/medi cine_through_time/revision/5/
Health and the People You are going to research a topic from the Medicine course, so that we as a class, can create a Display board with a TIMELINE of key content. What to create: A A4 size information sheet, with key words, facts and pictures. It needs to be colourful and well presented. You must have detail. It needs to be font size 16. Surgery: James Simpson Anaesthetics What to include What was it? When did he use? Problems with Choloroform? Why is it significant? http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/history/uk_through_time/medi cine_through_time/revision/5/
Health and the People You are going to research a topic from the Medicine course, so that we as a class, can create a Display board with a TIMELINE of key content. What to create: A A4 size information sheet, with key words, facts and pictures. It needs to be colourful and well presented. You must have detail. It needs to be font size 16. Surgery: Lister Antiseptics What to include What is the Carbolic Spray? What were the problems with it? How successful was it? Why was there opposition? http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/zfhnvcw
Health and the People You are going to research a topic from the Medicine course, so that we as a class, can create a Display board with a TIMELINE of key content. What to create: A A4 size information sheet, with key words, facts and pictures. It needs to be colourful and well presented. You must have detail. It needs to be font size 16. Fighting Disease: Alexander Fleming What to include How did he discover penicillin? What did he do to prove it? Tell his story? Why didn t he do more experiements? http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/fleming_alexander.s html
Health and the People You are going to research a topic from the Medicine course, so that we as a class, can create a Display board with a TIMELINE of key content. What to create: A A4 size information sheet, with key words, facts and pictures. It needs to be colourful and well presented. You must have detail. It needs to be font size 16. Fighting Disease: Florey and Chain. What to include How did they mass produce penicillin? What experiments did they do? How did the government help them? How did war hinder them? http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/broughttolife/people/howardf loreyernstchain
Health and the People You are going to research a topic from the Medicine course, so that we as a class, can create a Display board with a TIMELINE of key content. What to create: A A4 size information sheet, with key words, facts and pictures. It needs to be colourful and well presented. You must have detail. It needs to be font size 16. Surgery: modern techniques. What to include- X-ray Keyhole surgery Transplants. http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/broughttolife/people/howardf loreyernstchain
Health and the People You are going to research a topic from the Medicine course, so that we as a class, can create a Display board with a TIMELINE of key content. What to create: A A4 size information sheet, with key words, facts and pictures. It needs to be colourful and well presented. You must have detail. It needs to be font size 16. Public Health: Joseph Rowntree. What to include- Where did he write a report: What was it called: What did he say about Public Health? http://www.rowntreesociety.org.uk/seebohm-rowntree-and- poverty/
Health and the People You are going to research a topic from the Medicine course, so that we as a class, can create a Display board with a TIMELINE of key content. What to create: A A4 size information sheet, with key words, facts and pictures. It needs to be colourful and well presented. You must have detail. It needs to be font size 16. Public Health: Charles Booth. What to include- Where did he write a report: What was it called: What did he say about Public Health? http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/higher/history/liberal/motives_lib/ revision/1/
Health and the People You are going to research a topic from the Medicine course, so that we as a class, can create a Display board with a TIMELINE of key content. What to create: A A4 size information sheet, with key words, facts and pictures. It needs to be colourful and well presented. You must have detail. It needs to be font size 16. NHS: William Beveridge. What to include- Where did he write a report: What was his report called; What did he suggest? http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/beveridge_william.s html
Health and the People You are going to research a topic from the Medicine course, so that we as a class, can create a Display board with a TIMELINE of key content. What to create: A A4 size information sheet, with key words, facts and pictures. It needs to be colourful and well presented. You must have detail. It needs to be font size 16. NHS What to include- What it offered? When was it set up? What problems were there with it? http://www.nhshistory.net/shorthistory.htm
Health and the People You are going to research a topic from the Medicine course, so that we as a class, can create a Display board with a TIMELINE of key content. What to create: A A4 size information sheet, with key words, facts and pictures. It needs to be colourful and well presented. You must have detail. It needs to be font size 16. NHS: Aneurin Bevan. What to include- What was he? Which political party did he work for? How did he push through the NHS? Why was there opposition from doctors? http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/bevan_aneurin.sht ml