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AQA GCSE History: Paper 2 Option AA — Britain: health and the people, c1000 to the present day

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What this course covers

  • Part one — Medicine stands still

    • 1.1 – Medieval medicine
    • 1.2 – Medical progress
    • 1.3 – Public health in the Middle Ages

  • Part two — The beginnings of change

    • 2.1 – The impact of the Renaissance on Britain
    • 2.2 – Dealing with disease
    • 2.3 – Inoculation; Edward Jenner, vaccination and opposition to change

  • Part three — A revolution in medicine

    • 3.1 – The development of Germ Theory and its impact on the treatment of disease in Britain
    • 3.2 – A revolution in surgery
    • 3.3 – Improvements in public health

  • Part four — Modern medicine

    • 4.1 – Modern treatment of disease
    • 4.2 – The impact of war and technology on surgery
    • 4.3 – Modern public health

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