Medicine through time

Medicine through time - content, activities and blog for teachers and learners of medicine through time

Medicine through time - videos from youtube and the BBC.

A collection of videos hosted on youtube and BBC Classclips.

I apologise for the messy nature of the page at the moment, I didn't think for a second that there would be so many videos being added. When I find the time (or inclination) I'll sort this into separate pages and put together a playlist on youtube. As with all videos on youtube the are not guaranteed to remain online forever and its worth using a media converter to save any videos you like onto your hard drive in your preferred format.

If you have a recommendation for this list, please tweet me or post on the blog.

Prehistoric Medicine - Egyptian Medicine - Greek Medicine - Roman Medicine - Medieval Medicine - Islamic Medicine - Medicine in the Renaissance - The Revolution in Surgery - Infectious Disease - 20th Century Medicine - Public Health - Factors - Role of Women - Back to Top of Page

 

Prehistoric Medicine	Prehistoric Medicine
	Prehistoric Medicine - Egyptian Medicine - Greek Medicine - Roman Medicine - Medieval Medicine - Islamic Medicine - Medicine in the Renaissance - The Revolution in Surgery - Infectious Disease - 20th Century Medicine - Public Health - Factors - Role of Women - Back to Top of Page
Ancient Egypt	Ancient Egyptian Medicine	Egyptian Medicine - the factors
	Prehistoric Medicine - Egyptian Medicine - Greek Medicine - Roman Medicine - Medieval Medicine - Islamic Medicine - Medicine in the Renaissance - The Revolution in Surgery - Infectious Disease - 20th Century Medicine - Public Health - Factors - Role of Women - Back to Top of Page
Ancient Greece	The Four Humors	Hippocrates of Cos by Worcester Jonny
	Greek Medicine	Ancient World Medicine
	Ancient Greek approaches to health and medicine Duration: 02:15 A brief overview of Ancient Greek approaches to health - from the use of gods to the use of herbal remedies. BBC Classclips	Ancient Greek medicine 800 BC - 400 BC Duration: 04:36 Using contemporary artefacts, the clip explores Ancient Greek attitudes to illness. BBC Classclips
	Hippocratic Medicine:400 BC Duration: 03:17 The Hippocratic corpus and its views of how to treat ill health. BBC Classclips
	Prehistoric Medicine - Egyptian Medicine - Greek Medicine - Roman Medicine - Medieval Medicine - Islamic Medicine - Medicine in the Renaissance - The Revolution in Surgery - Infectious Disease - 20th Century Medicine - Public Health - Factors - Role of Women - Back to Top of Page
Ancient Rome	I. Claudius... Galen	Ancient Roman Medicine
	Who was Claudius Galen?	The story of Galen in the Roman period Duration: 05:04 A dramatisation of the Roman doctor Galen talking about his life as a doctor. BBC Classclips
	The survival of Galen's ideas Duration: 02:06 How did Galen's ideas survive after the fall of the Roman empire? The clip shows the importance of the Arabic east in preserving his work. BBC Classclips
	Prehistoric Medicine - Egyptian Medicine - Greek Medicine - Roman Medicine - Medieval Medicine - Islamic Medicine - Medicine in the Renaissance - The Revolution in Surgery - Infectious Disease - 20th Century Medicine - Public Health - Factors - Role of Women - Back to Top of Page
The Middle Ages	The Black Death	Medieval Medicine
	The Black Death
	Christianity and the re-emergence of Galen's ideas Duration: 04:15 A narrative about the re-emergence of Galen's ideas in the west owing in part to the work of Christian monks translating ancient texts. BBC Classclips
	The Black Death
	Prehistoric Medicine - Egyptian Medicine - Greek Medicine - Roman Medicine - Medieval Medicine - Islamic Medicine - Medicine in the Renaissance - The Revolution in Surgery - Infectious Disease - 20th Century Medicine - Public Health - Factors - Role of Women - Back to Top of Page
Islamic Medicine	What did the Islamic World contribute to medicine?	Roman Trephination
	Prehistoric Medicine - Egyptian Medicine - Greek Medicine - Roman Medicine - Medieval Medicine - Islamic Medicine - Medicine in the Renaissance - The Revolution in Surgery - Infectious Disease - 20th Century Medicine - Public Health - Factors - Role of Women - Back to Top of Page
The Renaissance	William Harvey and the circulation of blood	Who was Vesalius?
	Pare - new methods of surgery	Renaissance Medicine
	Surgery - Pare	Vesalius
	Andreas Vesalius Duration: 04:39 A short drama about the work of the anatomist Vesalius in the 1500s. BBC Classclips	From Medieval to Renaissance medicine Duration: 03:37 Changes in medicine between the Medieval and Renaissance periods. BBC Classclips
	The rise of Vesalius. Duration: 02:59 A mix of dramatisation and picture sources to show how Vesalius challenged traditional medical teaching and knowledge. BBC Classclips	When did science change ordinary medicine? (pt 1/2) Duration: 03:34 A narrative overview of the practice of medicine up until the 19th Century, including the role of herbal medicine, religion and magic. BBC Classclips
	When did science change ordinary medicine? (pt 2/2) Duration: 03:30 Quack doctors in 16th century Britain and the role women played in family medicine. BBC Classclips	William Harvey's discoveries Duration: 03:59 This clip contains graphic experiments using body parts and blood. William Harvey used scientific experiments to challenge ideas and knowledge about the body. This clip re-enacts lots of his experiments. BBC Classclips
	Prehistoric Medicine - Egyptian Medicine - Greek Medicine - Roman Medicine - Medieval Medicine - Islamic Medicine - Medicine in the Renaissance - The Revolution in Surgery - Infectious Disease - 20th Century Medicine - Public Health - Factors - Role of Women - Back to Top of Page
The Revolution in Surgery	Surgery through time part 1	Challenges to the use of surgery as a cure Duration: 03:25 The declining use of surgery in the later 20th century as a cure for illness and the rise of research and development into curative medicines. BBC Classclips
	Surgery - Blood Vessels	Surgery - Leeches
	The Really Bloody history of Surgery	Joseph Lister: Surgery transformed
	Simpson and Snow	Semmelweiss and Lister part 1
	Semmelweiss and Lister part 2	Surgery in WW1
	Medical Milestones - The History of Surgery	Medicine 1750-1900
	McIndoe	Gillies - surgery after WW2
	Surgery in the 19th century Duration: 03:16 Using original footage and images the clip charts some of major developments in surgery in the 19th century. BBC Classclips	Surgery of the future Duration: 04:26 The development of key hole surgery and 'What next?' BBC Classclips
	Why did surgery become important to medicine? Duration: 01:59 Surgery was not common until the 1800s - the clip shows that early surgery was very rare and medicine was the most common way to treat illness. BBC Classclips	Why did surgery become more common in the 1800's Duration: 04:48 An explanation of how and why surgery became more popular during the 19th century. BBC Classclips
	Prehistoric Medicine - Egyptian Medicine - Greek Medicine - Roman Medicine - Medieval Medicine - Islamic Medicine - Medicine in the Renaissance - The Revolution in Surgery - Infectious Disease - 20th Century Medicine - Public Health - Factors - Role of Women - Back to Top of Page
Fighting infectious disease	Edward Jenner - Smallpox vaccine	Louis Pasteur and Germ Theory
	Louis Paseur - Monsieur Vaccination	Alexander Fleming
	Who was Louis Pasteur?	Louis Pasteur and vaccines
	Who was Edward Jenner?
	Prehistoric Medicine - Egyptian Medicine - Greek Medicine - Roman Medicine - Medieval Medicine - Islamic Medicine - Medicine in the Renaissance - The Revolution in Surgery - Infectious Disease - 20th Century Medicine - Public Health - Factors - Role of Women - Back to Top of Page
20th century	Twentieth Century Medicine
	The story of penicillin	Did World War One help or hinder medicine? (pt 1/2) Duration: 02:59 The impact of World War One on medicine, focusing on the negative impact of war. BBC Classclips
	Did World War One help or hinder medicine (pt 2/2) Duration: 04:33 The conflicting views of the impact of World War One on medicine. It shows the 'official' government view versus the medics on the front line. BBC Classclips	Shellshock (pt 2/3) Duration: 03:48 A dramatisation of soldiers and doctors during World War One suffering from or discussing shell shock. BBC Classclips
	Why does the government today care about people's health? Duration: 01:07 News reports from recent history to demonstrate government involvement in public health. BBC Classclips
	Prehistoric Medicine - Egyptian Medicine - Greek Medicine - Roman Medicine - Medieval Medicine - Islamic Medicine - Medicine in the Renaissance - The Revolution in Surgery - Infectious Disease - 20th Century Medicine - Public Health - Factors - Role of Women - Back to Top of Page
Public Health	The deadly history of Public Health	The NHS
	Public Health in the Roman Period	Government and public health 1830-1850 Duration: 04:33 The role of goverment in improving public health in the years following the 1832 cholera epidemic. BBC Classclips
	Government and public health 1866-1875 Duration: 02:03 The impact that the growing wealth in 19th Century Britain had on public health. BBC Classclips	Government and public health 1875-1906 Duration: 04:39 The failings of the late 19th century public health acts and the Liberal reforms of 1906. BBC Classclips
	Health care for all in 1948 Duration: 04:49 The journey from the 1911 National Insurance Act, which allowed more people to access healthcare, through to the start of the National Health Service in 1948. BBC Classclips	Manchester Cholera Epidemic 1832 (pt 2/2) Duration: 04:52 The impact of poor quality housing on the spread of cholera. BBC Classclips
	The outbreak of cholera in Manchester, 1832 (pt 1/2) Duration: 04:59 A dramatisation of the outbreak of cholera in Manchester in 1832. BBC Classclips
	Prehistoric Medicine - Egyptian Medicine - Greek Medicine - Roman Medicine - Medieval Medicine - Islamic Medicine - Medicine in the Renaissance - The Revolution in Surgery - Infectious Disease - 20th Century Medicine - Public Health - Factors - Role of Women - Back to Top of Page
Factors	Religion	The impact of war on medical care in the 1900s Duration: 03:13 A range of medical developments brought about by war. BBC Classclips
	Prehistoric Medicine - Egyptian Medicine - Greek Medicine - Roman Medicine - Medieval Medicine - Islamic Medicine - Medicine in the Renaissance - The Revolution in Surgery - Infectious Disease - 20th Century Medicine - Public Health - Factors - Role of Women - Back to Top of Page
Role of Women	Who was Mary Seacole?	Who was Florence Nightingale?

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