{"id":3870,"date":"2018-06-30T11:33:40","date_gmt":"2018-06-30T11:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/?page_id=3870"},"modified":"2026-06-25T09:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T09:50:10","slug":"science-and-technologies-role-in-the-development-of-medicine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/medicine-through-time\/themes-in-medical-history\/science-and-technologies-role-in-the-development-of-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"Science and Technologies role in the development of medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Science and Technology as factors in Medicine through time<\/strong><\/p>\n

Science and Technology – the things to remember<\/u><\/p>\n

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  1. Writing<\/li>\n
  2. The Printing Press<\/li>\n
  3. Gunpowder<\/li>\n
  4. The X-Ray<\/li>\n
  5. The Microscope<\/li>\n
  6. The Magic Bullet<\/li>\n
  7. Anaesthetics<\/li>\n
  8. Germ Theory<\/li>\n
  9. DNA<\/li>\n
  10. MRI Scanning<\/li>\n
  11. The Four Humours<\/li>\n
  12. Empirical Observation<\/li>\n
  13. Astronomy<\/li>\n
  14. Chemistry – distillation and sublimation<\/li>\n
  15. Vaccination<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Revision task:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Link<\/strong> each of the 15 headings above with the time period in which they were first introduced into medical thinking \/ practice. (This will help you understand the chronology<\/u> of scientific development<\/em>)<\/li>\n
    2. Note <\/strong>down two ways in which each of these has led to PROGRESS in terms of treatments for patients. (This may involve research, and will help you to consolidate knowledge<\/u><\/em>)<\/li>\n
    3. Sort <\/strong>these into order of importance. (This will help you to develop your understanding of significance<\/u><\/em>)<\/li>\n
    4. You could then create a revision exercise<\/strong> for yourself and \/ or your friends to make of later. This can be done by adding the 9 most important into the Diamond 9 creator on classtools.net<\/a>. If you want to return to this as a revision task, it is worth mixing them up again, so that the thinking process has to be repeated (and you may well come up with a different sequence of importance!)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      See a detailed timeline of the way that science and technology<\/a> have affected medicine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Science and Technology as factors in Medicine through time Science and Technology – the things to remember Writing The Printing Press Gunpowder The X-Ray The Microscope The Magic Bullet Anaesthetics Germ Theory DNA MRI Scanning The Four Humours Empirical Observation Astronomy Chemistry – distillation and sublimation Vaccination Revision task: Link each of the 15 headings… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3850,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":100,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3870","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t