Thematic Studies

31 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 role of Christianity in Medieval medicine
6. The nature and importance of Islamic medicine and surgery
7. Medieval public health in towns and monasteries
8. The Black Death
9. Renaissance ideas about disease and illness
10. Renaissance approaches to treatment and prevention
11. Renaissance changes in anatomy and surgery
12. William Harvey
13. Hospital care in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries
14. The Great Plague of 1665
15. John Hunter
16. Edward Jenner and vaccination
17. New 19th century ideas about the causes of disease and illness
18. 19th century approaches to treatment and prevention
19. A 19th century revolution in surgery
20. The growth of hospital care in the 19th century
21. Fighting cholera in London in the 19th century
22. Improvements in public health in the 19th century
23. Modern advances in understanding the causes of illness and disease
24. Modern improvements in diagnosis
25. The development of magic bullets and antibiotics
26. Modern approaches to medical treatment
27. Improvements in modern surgery
28. The Liberal reforms and public health
29. The welfare state and the NHS
30. Modern approaches to the prevention of illness and disease
31. The fight against lung cancer in the 21st century

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