{"id":3855,"date":"2018-06-30T11:24:09","date_gmt":"2018-06-30T11:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/?page_id=3855"},"modified":"2026-06-20T09:41:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T09:41:14","slug":"continuity-and-change-in-medicine-through-time","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/medicine-through-time\/themes-in-medical-history\/continuity-and-change-in-medicine-through-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Continuity and Change in Medicine through time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Continuity and Change in Medicine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Students: <\/strong><a href=\"..\/lessons\/ancientworld\/chhttp:\/\/medicinethroughtime.co.uk\/historyofmedicine\/lessons\/ancientworld\/changeandcontinuity.htmangeandcontinuity.htm\">Try\u00a0this exercise<\/a> to see how much you can work out about continuity and<br \/>\nchange in the Ancient World.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Students:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Want to get an in-depth understanding of Continuity and Change? The try<br \/>\nthis out.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"2\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47%\" height=\"300\"><a href=\"http:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/Miscellaneous\/free_stuff\/head2head\/medicine_through_time\/frameset.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"activehistory_head2head.gif\" alt=\"Interview Doctor Fox! From Activehistory.co.uk\" width=\"313\" height=\"240\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With thanks to Mr Tarr of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">activehistory.co.uk<\/a><br \/>\nfor making this excellent activity available.<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"53%\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/Miscellaneous\/free_stuff\/head2head\/medicine_through_time\/frameset.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interview<br \/>\nDoctor Fox<\/a> &#8211; external link to ActiveHistory.co.uk<\/strong>Use the drop down menu of selected areas (which is done by period)<br \/>\nto find out about key events and features of periods.NOTE the main beliefs and attempted cures that are mentioned in<br \/>\neach period of time.Print out a copy of the interview that you have with the Doctor.<br \/>\nThen colour code your notes to identify FACTORS.<\/p>\n<p>Annotate in the margins to show whether it is an example of CONTINUITY<br \/>\nor CHANGE.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Teachers: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ian Dawson has an outstanding exercise about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thinkinghistory.co.uk\/ActivityBase\/ChangeContAncientMedicine.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Continuity<br \/>\nand Change in the Ancient World<\/a> on thinkinghistory.co.uk.<\/p>\n<p>Ian Coulson has produced an interesting unit on continuity and change<br \/>\nin the first 50 years after the formation of the NHS. The illustration<br \/>\nof this page is very handy and helps students to understand how changes<br \/>\nhave occurred during their own lifetimes. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kented.org.uk\/ngfl\/subjects\/history\/medhist\/page38_contin.html\">http:\/\/www.kented.org.uk\/ngfl\/subjects\/history\/medhist\/page38_contin.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuity and Change in Medicine Students: Try\u00a0this exercise to see how much you can work out about continuity and change in the Ancient World. Students: Want to get an in-depth understanding of Continuity and Change? The try this out. With thanks to Mr Tarr of activehistory.co.uk for making this excellent activity available. 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