AQA 8145 - Health - Vesalius, Pare and Harvey surgical contributions

This lesson revisits Vesalius, Pare and Harvey and focuses on how they helped surgery to develop.
The lesson begins with a Medieval surgery knowledge audit, leading to a task on Vesalius and ranking his contributions in terms of importance. Students then review Harvey, considering successes and limitations, moving on to review Pare and his importance. At each stage challenge questions extend thinking and promote comparison of significance. An opportunity for ‘utility’ practice on Pare leads to a plenary debate on who had the largest contribution to the development of surgery in the Renaissance.