History · GCSE · Medieval Britain (1066–1509)

The Church, hospitals and Islamic medicine

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What you need to know

  • The Church ran many medieval hospitals.
  • Islamic doctors such as Ibn Sina preserved and extended Greek knowledge.
  • Their books later reached European universities.

In this clip

1:09–3:05Medieval medicine and beliefhh2
3:05–3:40The Church, hospitals and Islamic medicinegcse-hist-2aa-1-2a
4:54–5:28Hospitals, training and John Huntergcse-hist-2aa-2-2b
5:28–7:53The Renaissance: Vesalius, Paré and Harveygcse-hist-2aa-2-1
8:26–9:46Inoculation, Jenner and vaccinationgcse-hist-2aa-2-3
12:04–12:57Germ theory: Pasteur, Koch and Ehrlichgcse-hist-2aa-3-1
12:57–13:36Anaesthetics, antiseptics and aseptic surgerygcse-hist-2aa-3-2
14:10–15:29Public health in industrial Britaingcse-hist-2aa-3-3
15:29–16:14Booth, Rowntree and the Liberal social reformsgcse-hist-2aa-4-3a
17:14–19:14Penicillin, the drug industry and antibiotic resistancegcse-hist-2aa-4-1
19:14–20:11The Beveridge Report, the NHS and health care todaygcse-hist-2aa-4-3b
20:11–21:37War, technology and modern surgerygcse-hist-2aa-4-2
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Run-through of the key individuals in the GCSE medicine thematic study; very useful for quick revision of who did what.

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