Medicine Through Time Reflect on the medical discoveries

Medicine Through Time Reflect on the medical discoveries below and rank them in order of significance in your opinion. #Challenge: What is your reasoning behind the most important? 2000 BC – Egyptians develop a greater understanding of the human body (based on irrigation channels of the Nile) 1846 – First successful use of ether(? ) in a surgery. 1948 – First day of the NHS. 1570 - Paré developed ligatures to stop bleeding during and after surgery. Crimean War – Florence Nightingale and others contribute to development of hospitals and improvements in nursing. 1858 – Dr’s qualifications had to be regulated through the GMC. 1895 – x-Rays discovered.

Medicine Through Time + = Learning Objective: Pupils to learn about the changes and advances in medicine through history

Medicine Through Time + = Task: Using the medicine through timelines, create your own version of the timeline showing what you consider to be the 10 most important advancements in the field of medicine. -What would you include as being the most important? - Why would you put that above others? -Which advancements have had the biggest impact upon us today? (Or you personally? )

Task 1: Using the medicine through timelines, create your own version of the timeline showing what you consider to be the 10 most important advancements in the field of medicine. -What would you include as being the most important? - Why would you put that above others? -Which advancements have had the biggest impact upon us today? (Or you personally? ) 1500 BC – Greeks still used religion for medicine and healing 1665 – Great Plague still happening and no understanding of how it is spreading. 1948 – First day of our NHS. 1895 – X-Rays developed 1570 - Ambroise Pare discovered ligatures to stop bleeding after surgery. 1799 – Humphry Davy discovers pain relief using laughing gas.

Task: Using the medicine through timelines, create your own version of the timeline showing what you consider to be the 10 most important advancements in the field of medicine. -What would you include as being the most important? - Why would you put that above others? -Which advancements have had the biggest impact upon us today? (Or you personally? ) Choose the 5 that you think have had the biggest impact on the largest numbers of people. Select 4 that you consider to have affected future developments in medicine. Which 3 have the biggest impact upon saving lives in your opinion? Create an argument as to why this 1 is the MOST significant medical discovery and provide evidence in your answer. Select 2 and imagine what life would be like if they hadn’t been discovered/ invented?