Thematic studies

25 topics

1. Medieval ideas about the causes of illness and disease
2. Medieval approaches to treating and preventing disease
3. Medieval surgery
4. Medieval caregivers
5. The Black Death
6. Renaissance ideas about disease and illness
7. Renaissance approaches to treatment and prevention
8. Renaissance changes in anatomy and surgery
9. William Harvey
10. Hospital care in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries
11. The Great Plague of 1665
12. Edward Jenner and vaccination
13. New 19th century ideas about the causes of disease and illness
14. 19th century approaches to treatment and prevention
15. A 19th century revolution in surgery
16. The growth of hospital care in the 19th century
17. Fighting cholera in London in the 19th century
18. Improvements in public health in the 19th century
19. Modern advances in understanding the causes of illness and disease
20. Modern improvements in diagnosis
21. The development of magic bullets and antibiotics
22. The welfare state and the NHS
23. Modern approaches to medical treatment
24. Modern approaches to the prevention of illness and disease
25. The fight against lung cancer in the 21st century

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