Supporting Home Learning in Year 9 History Enquiry
Unit 1. Medicine through time.
The process of change
In studying the content defined below in strands 1 and 2, students should understand how key features in the development of medicine were linked with the key features of society in Britain in the periods studied. They should develop an understanding of the nature and process of change. This will involve understanding patterns of change, trends and turning points, and the influence of factors inhibiting or encouraging change within periods and across the theme.The key factors are: individuals and institutions (Church and government); science and technology; and attitudes in society.They should also understand how factors worked together to bring about particular developments at particular times. The selected case studies in strand 3 of each period exemplify, in context, the elements defined in strands 1 and 2.They provide opportunities to explore the operation of the key factors and to make detailed comparisons over time. |
Medicine Extended EnquiryScience Museum Resources
TES Links School History Revision Links School History Links to other sites BBC Bitesize Revision Audio clips From BBC Medicine through time timeline and links Get Revising Website Free Resources |
The British sector of the Western front 1914-18: Surgery and treatment.
The context of the British sector of Western Front and the theatre of war, including the rural landscape, the battle front, the trench system and the medical facilities behind the lines.
Conditions requiring medical treatment on the Western Front, including the problems of ill health caused by conditions in the trenches and the nature of wounds from rifles used by snipers and in battle and from explosives. The problem of shrapnel and wound infection. The effects of gas attacks, including the use of chlorine gas at Loos (1915), chlorine-phosgene at Ypres (1915) and mustard gas at Ypres (1917). Recovery and treatment of the wounded. The problem in dealing with the high number of casualties, including in the Battle of the Somme. The RAMC and system of transport, treatment and facilities at various stages: aid post and field ambulance, dressing station, casualty clearing station and base hospital. Developments in surgery and medicine, including: new techniques in the treatment of wounds and infection, the search for effective treatment after a gas attack, the attempts to deal with increased numbers of head injuries. The historical context of medicine in the early twentieth century: the understanding of infection and moves towards aseptic surgery; Geoffrey Marshall’s work on anaesthetics; the development of x-rays and use of mobile x-ray units to detect shrapnel; blood transfusions – limitations caused by the need for donor-to-patient transfusions, developments in storing blood and blood banks. |
Surgery Extended EnquiryGCSE Surgery links
Science Museum Resources TES Links BBC Bitesize Surgery Revision Get Revising Website Free Resources |