Medicine through time

Hippocratic Bench, as illustrated in one of Galen’s works.

Surgery being performed on the eye. 1195 AD.

15th century surgical instruments.

Dutch surgeon, circa 1690.

Surgeons tools (German). 1749.

Re-enactment of the first operation that made use of ether as an anaesthetic.

1879. Ugandan image illustrating a birth by caesarian section.

19th century American operating room.

Russian image illustrating amputation. 1907.

Chinese military field […]

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Online archives are a great source of short clips that can be used in lessons. They can be used as nice introductions, e made available on the schol network as additional reference material or made available for pupils working on their own IT based revision materials. The time consming bit, as always, is finding them […]

Using music in lessons helps some students to remember key points, adds a bit of variety to the delivery of content and is a ‘must’ if you’re getting students to make use of programmes like moviemaker. Music can help to create a mood in the classroom and can calm, energise, engage (or distract!) students. There […]

http://www.thackraymuseum.org/
Location: LEEDS
Thackray medical museum is fantastic for GCSE History. A visit there provides brilliant opportunities to develop understanding, particularly of developments during the Industrial Revolution. The museum has a large range of educational resources, teachers packs and was set up with GCSE History groups in mind.
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/node6500.html
Location: Central LONDON
The Wellcome Trust opened an exhibition centre […]

As someone who rarely makes use of a textbook in the ‘traditional’ sense, I’ve probably got a rather strange take on what ‘must have’ resources are. I’ve also been lucky enough to be in schools with IT facilities that have been extremely good, and have grown too accustomed to having laptops, projectors, video cameras and […]