Approaches to Prevention and Treatment in the Renaissance Knowledge Organiser

Knowledge organiser to complement unit 2.2 of Edexcel’s Medicine Through Time, c1250-present GCSE course - Approaches to Prevention and Treatment

Covers what ideas stayed from the medieval period, humoural treatments, herbal remedies, impact of the discovery of the New World, purging, transference, iatrochemistry, case studies of Thomas Sydenham and Syphilis for Treatment.

Covers continuity from the Medieval period, practicing moderation, personal ‘constitution’ superstitions, prayer, Regimen Sanitatis, cleanliness of home and body, removing miasmata and new technologies such as the thermometer and barometer for prevention of disease.

Advise to print A4 for revision/A3 for detailed notes