How scientific was 17th and 18th century medicine?

Lesson designed for the new AQA History specification but could easily be adapted for other exam boards/ audiences.

Key Question: How scientific was 17th and 18th century medicine?

LOs:
Recall knowledge from the medicine unit so far
Describe the treatments available for ordinary people
Explain the differences traditional and scientific methods

Lesson involves a range of activities including a recall quiz, match up treatments to definitions, and a colour coded sheet. Lesson provides students with the relevant knowledge to answer an exam question: Compare treatments in the Middle Ages with treatments in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In what ways were they similar? (8 mark)

Please let me know if you have any questions.
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