GCSE Revision – Medicine through time Can you link the pictures with the time period and key discoveries??

What do you need to do to get a C or above? Remember what the mark scheme wants… Sources – Inference (what does the source suggest?) - answers that consider additional knowledge - use the source!! Include brief quotes with an explanation - what does the source reveal about medicine during that time?

Inference What does source A tell you about surgery in prehistoric Prehistoric people had made tools to do the operation Hole shows a process called trepanning Inference You make an INFERENCE … a suggestion Do skulls prove all we need to know about Prehistoric medicine? Source A What does source A tell you about surgery in prehistoric times? Some people survived because healed skulls have been found Cutting holes released evil spirits How do we know about Prehistoric medicine?

Att & religious beliefs Prehistory 5000BC 3000BC Att & religious beliefs People thought that the gods or evil spirits caused disease People thought that illnesses could be cured by supernatural charms & evil spells

Bullet point as many things as you can about Egyptian medicine by the time the music stops… Supernatural & natural explanations of disease Egyptians had a ‘code of hygiene’ Medicines contained different herbs Compared body to River Nile – blocked channels Picked up different medical ideas through trade Treatments based on purging Doctors/Priests also used charms etc Doctors trained in medicine – they examined Patients & they had specialist areas The person who lists the most gets a prize

Egyptian Medicine Pharaohs Priests Embalming River Nile Trade Most important god. Buried in tombs & pyramids, paintings on the walls depicted their lives Pharaohs Advised Pharaohs, could read & write. Religion said priests should be clean this habit was copied. Priests Egyptians believed people would need their bodies in the afterlife. Brain & organs taken out, then the body was sewn up & mummified. Embalming River Nile Egyptian farmers were very successful & they dug channels from the Nile to water their fields, sometimes they got blocked – applied this to bodies Traded with India, China & other countries. They exchanged goods for herbs, plants & ointments that were known to have healing properties. Trade

Att & religious beliefs Egyptian 3000BC 1500BC The Egyptians used their metalworking skills to improve surgical instruments Att & religious beliefs The Egyptians found out more about the body because they embalmed their dead Science & tech Medical knowledge was written down & passed on from one generation to the next Through trade with other countries & their own observations the Egyptians discovered the importance of natural herbs & ointments Communications

Greek Medicine Can you remember the Greeks big ideas? How were they made possible? Circle the key words at the bottom of the sheet Hippocrates Asclepion

Att & religious beliefs Ancient Greece 1500BC 400BC Individual genius Hippocrates said that diseases had natural causes. He said disease was caused by the four humours becoming out of balance People went to the temples of Asclepius because they thought the gods caused & cured diseases War Att & religious beliefs Education

Key question Explain how the Romans learnt about disease. Malaria When soldiers camped near marshes they became ill with MALARIA. Dirty water = Disease Hospitals – built for soldiers with trained doctors & surgeons. Mostly depended on herbal medicine, simple surgery, or rest, diet & exercise.

Create a mind map on Roman Medicine Ancient Rome AD500 400BC War The Romans needed a healthy army so they built hospitals, stayed away from marshy places & learnt how to supply clean water Governments Roman government officials & doctors spread medical knowledge across the empire Individual genius Science & tech Galen added to Hippocrates’ ideas & used dissection to find out about the human body. Wrote over 60 medical books The Romans used their skills as builders to provide pipelines, sewers & baths Create a mind map on Roman Medicine

Ancient medicine bingo!! List as many key words as you can in your bingo table relating to Ancient Medicine