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GCSE History Medicine Through Time Key Words
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- 1BloodlettingThe drawing of blood from a patient by a doctor.
- 2DissectionCutting open a body to examine its internal structure
- 3Four HumoursA theory that developed in Ancient Greece to explain illness due to an imbalance of blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile in the body
- 4MedievalA name for the 'Middle Ages', the period between the Ancient World (which ended when the Romans left Britain) and the Renaissance of the 16th and 17th centuries
- 5PhysicianA trained doctor
- 6Public HealthA standard of living conditions and general health of the people
- 7PurgingGetting rid of bad or excess Humours by making someone sick
- 8SocietyThe way a group of people links together in some common ways
- 9SupernaturalForces outside nature that some people believe can effect events, for example, God, charms, and luck, witchcraft or astrology
- 10SurgeonSomeone who deals with wounds or with treatment that involves cutting the body
- 11AnatomyThe structure of the human body for example bones, nerves or muscles
- 12ApothecaryA person who made medicines and ointments using ingredients such as herbs and spices
- 13Black DeathA highly infectious disease that spread throughout Europe in the mid-14th century
- 14PhysiologyThe way organs function within the body, for example, the work of the heart, liver and kidneys
- 15ReformationA period of challenge and divisions within the Christian church
- 16RenaissanceA period in the 16th and 17th centuries when people thought they were reviving Ancient Greek and Roman culture but also made new discoveries (1500-1750)
- 17Royal SocietyA group set up in 1660 to enable educated people to discuss scientific ideas
- 18EpidemicA severe outbreak of an infectious disease
- 19IndustrialConnected to industry and manufacturing
- 20Industrial RevolutionThe period 1750-1900 when there were rapid changes in the way work and industry was organised
- 21InoculationA way of giving a patient a mild dose of an illness so that the body builds up its immunity
- 22MiasmaThe theory that disease is caused by poisonous vapours in the air
- 23Spontaneous GenerationThe idea that rubbish or decaying material creates microbes
- 24VaccinationA safe way of stimulating the body's immune system against a particular disease
- 25AntibioticsDrugs that stop infectious disease caused by bacteria
- 26ConsultantA doctor specialising in a specific disease or part of the body; usually based in hospital
- 27CrystallographyUsing radiation to take a high-power X-ray photograph
- 28DNAThe abbreviation for Deoxyribonucleic Acid, which contains the genetic instructions for every cell in your body
- 29General Practitioner (GP)A doctor who works in a practice dealing directly with public
- 30GeneticsThe study of genes and inherited characteristics
- 31ImmunisationThe process of making someone immune to a disease, including inoculation and vaccination
- 32Magic BulletA chemical drug that kills the microbes causing a specific disease without harming the rest of the body
- 33National Health Service (NHS)An organisation set up by the government in 1948 to give free heath care to all
- 34Pharmaceutical IndustryThe business of manufacturing medicinal drugs: a chemist's shop
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- These are the key words for the GCSE History topic Medicine Through Time. Please leave a comment if I have missed anything out.
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- Chandni Patel · Feb 2015
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