{"id":3820,"date":"2018-06-30T10:51:41","date_gmt":"2018-06-30T10:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/?page_id=3820"},"modified":"2026-07-07T14:28:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T14:28:33","slug":"how-much-did-medicine-change-between-1750-and-1900","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/medicine-through-time\/medicine-through-time-teachers-resources\/how-much-did-medicine-change-between-1750-and-1900\/","title":{"rendered":"How much did medicine change between 1750 and 1900?"},"content":{"rendered":"

How much did medicine change between 1750 and 1900?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Learning Outcomes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

To identify the extent of change in medical knowledge and practice that
\ntook place in between 1750 and 1900.<\/p>\n

Video: Medicine 1750 to 1900. Make a note of the key changes
\nthat occured in the period whilst watching this overview video.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Using the information from your video notes and your previous studies,
\ncomplete the revision diagram below:<\/p>\n

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Now think about the way that these changes actually affected patients
\nand medical practice. Consider the following illnesses, then complete
\na chart similar to the one below that shows how treatments had changed
\nor stayed the same:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Illness \/ Condition<\/td>\nTreatment in 1750 and chances of recovery:<\/td>\nTreatment in 1900 and chances of recovery:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Example: Smallpox<\/td>\nIn 1750 the most common attempts to prevent someone getting smallpox
\nwere inoculation or variolation. There was a risk attached to both
\nof these preventative methods and neither was wholly successful. Smallpox
\nkilled upto 30% of people who caught the disease.<\/td>\n		Smallpox vaccines were given to people in Great Britain. This meant
\nthat the disease was almost non existent in 1900 in this country,
\nthough it was still a problem in some other countries.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Broken leg<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Influenza<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chest infection<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cholera<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Add your own examples<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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