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Medicine Through Time By Period: Ancient Egypt Ancient Greece Ancient Rome Medieval Medicine The Black Death Islamic Medicine Chinese Medicine Renaissance Medicine Fight against Infectious Disease Public Health in the Industrial Revolution Development of Nursing The Welfare State The NHS DNA By Theme / Factor: Surgery War Science and Technology Chance Religion Public Health Women in Medicine Continuity and Change Chronology	Oriental and Islamic Medicine The Islamic Authorities placed a lot of value in medicine. Baghdad had a hospital by AD 850 and doctors had to pass medical examinations by AD 931 in order to practice. Hospitals were later developed throughout the Islamic world, with the most famous being those in Damascus and Cairo. The Chinese were isolated from the rest of the world by choice. They developed medical techniques rather different t those found in the west. Click on the links below to find out more. Oriental and Islamic medicine - other pages in this section: Oriental medicine: background, Disease, anatomy and surgery, Islamic medicine, Chinese medicine, Source based activities     Amazon Buyer Review: This book is based on Greek medicine as understood and some what improved by Avicenna. Gain insight in to the holsitic energetics of health and disease by reading this book. Understand the role within the body of the Four Elements Earth, Water Air and Fire and the Four Humours Blood, Phlegm, Yellow Bile and Black Bile. Review by Abdul Kareem     Textbooks Revision Guides	In this unit: Multimedia Activities Discussion IT based lessons Images Teachers' Resources Books

Recommended Resources

Medicinethroughtime.co.uk - new site. Including Blog and use of twitter for free text / IM revision tips.

SchoolsHistory.org.uk highly recommends these sites:

gcsehistory.org.uk - new site aiming to provide an accessible narrative for GCSE History pupils.
Schoolhistory.co.uk - fantastic range of interactive games, revision materials and links.
ActiveHistory.co.uk - outstanding use of ICT to engage pupils.
Thinkinghistory.co.uk - a brilliant range of learning activities from Ian Dawson
JohnDClare.net - simply the best for Modern World GCSE students
History.org.uk - resources and CPD materials from the Historical Association.
Historyboxes.com - make your lessons 'real' with artefacts and living history provided by experts
Schoolshistory.com - same author as this site, just put together in a slightly different way!
Medicinethroughtime.co.uk - all new resources for teachers and pupils of the SHP Medicine course
Crimeandpunishmentthroughtime.co.uk - A new site providing resources for teachers and pupils of the Crime and Punishment unit