Medicine Through Time

The History of Medicine through Time. Use the sections below to study the development of surgery, anatomical knowledge and the study of disease.

Each section provides backgrounds to the key personalities, changes, developments and events. There are lots of useful links in each section along with research and revision exercises for you to try.

Prehistoric Medicine	Egyptian	Ancient	Roman
	Medicine	Greece	Medicine
Coming Soon!	Online activities, backgrounds to the religious aspects of Egyptian religion and explanations of key points.	Hippocrates and the Cult of Asclepios explained. Establish what the 'Four Humours' were and test your knowledge with the online quizzes.	Galen, Roman Public Health and the influence of the army on medical practice. Lots of links and activities added to this section.
Oriental and Islamic Medicine	Medieval Medicine	Vesalius	Infectious Disease
Islamic and Oriental Medicine	Barber-Surgeons through to the plague. Includes KEY SKILLS activities.	Andreas Vesalius' contribution to medicine: with activities.	Jenner, Fleming, Florey and Chain along with the dispute between Pasteur and Koch.

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