Sorry that the blog has been offline for the past week or so. For some reason the database decided to stop working and its taken a week to identify the error and get it fixed. The timetable for dummies guides will be amended to take into account the blip… (and back-ups will be made...

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The first two timelines of factors and themes have been added to the site. These are on Religion and War. These pages will be updated as I teach later parts of the course and are intended to provide a few ‘real’ examples from each time period along with relevant links to more detailed information....

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After a lengthy lay-off the site is now back up and running. Shortly after launching this site I switched jobs and stopped teaching medicine for a while. Having now moved on again, I am once again teaching medicine through time and will be making regular updates to the site. Teachers Resources have now been...

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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...

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