In this module you will revise;
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Ideas about the cause of disease and illness (Continuity and change in explanations of the cause of disease and illness. A scientific approach including the works of Thomas Sydenham in improving diagnosis. The influence of the printing press and the work of the Royal Society on the transmission of ideas)
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Approaches to prevention and treatment (Continuity in approaches to prevention, treatment and care in the community and in hospitals, change in care and treatment; improvements in medical training and the influence in England of the work of Vesalius)
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Module 2 case studies
(Individual: William Harvey and the discovery of the circulation of the blood
Situation: dealing with the Great Plague in London in 1665; approaches to treatment and attempts to prevent its spread)