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Medicine and Health Through Time: Student's Book (Discovering the Past for GCSE S.) ISBN: 0719552656 ISBN13: 9780719552656 Medicine and Health Through Time: Student's Book (Discovering the Past for GCSE S.) By: Schools History Project ; Ian Dawson ; Ian Coulson Publisher: Hodder Murray Format: Paperback Our Price: 12.99

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A course-book for pupils choosing the Schools History Project development study, "Medicine Through Time". It covers social health and medicine from prehistoric times to the present day. It is suitable for those taking any of the GCSE SHP History syllabuses from the English and Welsh Boards.


Contents:

Section 1 Introduction: aren't you glad you live today? Section 2 Health and medicine through time (chronological survey): how healthy were people in prehistoric times?
- medicine in the Great Empires - Egypt, Greece and Rome
- medieval medicine - was this a time of improvement?
- Renaissance medicine - why didn't the medical revolution improve people's health?
- the 19th century - how important were medical discoveries in this period?
- the 20th century - why has health improved so rapidly in recent years? Section 3 Concepts and themes: change and continuity
- progress and regress
- turning points
- causes
- building explanations.


Brief Description:

A course-book for pupils choosing the Schools History Project development study, Medicine Through Time . It covers social health and medicine from prehistoric times to the present day. It is suitable for those taking any of the GCSE SHP History syllabuses from the English and Welsh Boards.

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