Exam Questions: Medicine in Britain c.1250-Present (Edexcel GCSE History: The Thematic & Historic Environment (Paper 1))

Topic Questions

4 hours28 questions
116 marks

The main reason why medical care and treatment was ineffective during the medieval period was because medical knowledge was based on Galen’s ideas’.

How far do you agree? Explain your answer.

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  • Theory of Opposites 

  • Hospitals 

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216 marks

‘In the years c1800-present, the work of Pasteur was the most significant development in understanding the causes of illness.’

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  • Germ Theory 

  • DNA

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316 marks

‘People’s attitudes about medicine, in the years c1700-c1900, became increasingly positive.’

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  • vaccination

  • infectious diseases

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416 marks

‘There was little improvement in dealing with infectious diseases in the years c1500– c1900.’

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  • the Great Plague, 1665

  • the Broad Street Pump

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516 marks

‘The role of the Church was the main reason why there was little change in care and treatment in the years c1250-c1500.’

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  • medical training

  • herbal remedies

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616 marks

‘The advances in surgery made in the years c1700-c1900 were more significant than advances in surgery made in the period c1900-present.’

How far do you agree? Explain your answer’. Explain your answer.

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  • antiseptics

  • transplants

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