Unit Award Scheme

116989 MEDICINE IN 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY BRITAIN

In successfully completing this unit, the Learner will have		Evidence needed
shown knowledge of
1	the main areas of continuity and change in explanations of the cause of disease and illness	Student completed work
2	the main developments in bacteriology, including the influence in Britain of Pasteur’s Germ Theory and Koch’s work on microbes	Student completed work
3	the extent of change in the care and treatment of patients, including the improvements made in hospital care, the influence of Florence Nightingale and the impact of anaesthetics and antiseptics on surgery	Student completed work
4	the new approaches taken to prevention, eg the development and use of vaccinations and the Public Health Act (1875)	Student completed work
demonstrated the ability to
5	write briefly about Edward Jenner’s discovery and the significance of vaccination	Student completed work
6	write briefly about the cholera outbreak in London in 1854, the attempts to prevent its spread and the significance of John Snow and the Broad Street pump.	Student completed work

All outcomes recorded on an AQA Summary Sheet

Approved 19 April 2022Level - Level One