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- 1. GCSE History question technique guide Unit 1 (medicine) Question Ability being tested Key question phrases What pupils need to do Example from Edexcel for A grade number 1 Being able to infer What can you tell from this Make an inference about the Sources A and B show that doctors have become more scientific and thorough in the from sources. source/these sources subject and explain how the details way they diagnose a persons health. Source A about? of the source helped them make shows that in the 20th century, doctors would that inference perform a range of tests (urine sample, blood sample, heart monitoring and x-ray) and check The two sources will require the the results against official levels. Source B student to infer about change and shows that medieval doctors performed just one test the colour of a patients urine which continuity. was open to interpretation and likely to lead to inaccurate conclusions. So the sources show that diagnosis has become a lot more thorough and scientific. 2/3/4 Picking out key What factors Answer the question clearly and One reason why Galens ideas were still being used in the treatments of disease in medieval features, explaining Explain why stay focused on exactly what has times was that medical training was controlled causes, explaining Explain how been asked by the Church. The Church approved of Galen consequences, How far because his ideas fit in with their religious Give accurate details about the ideas about a single creator God. Since the judging change, topic Church controlled education, they could ensure judging continuity. Give explanations and that doctors only studied Galen and only used his treatments. Another reason would be that commentaries of their ideas the Church limited dissections in medical training which meant people were unable to challenge Galens conclusions by proving him wrong 6a Describe, explain What factors Answer the question clearly and One key advance that had been made in medieval public health was in the area of on public health What developments stay focused on exactly what has sewage disposal. Towns organised open 1350-2000 Describe been asked sewers that took peoples waste to the rivers and dug cess pits and latrines. Streets had Give accurate details about the gutters for waste and rakers were organised to topic pick up dirt from the streets. In London, laws Give explanations and existed to enable local authorities to fine people for dropping litter. In these ways, medieval commentaries of their ideas people were beginning to think harder about keeping their environments clean.
- 2. 6b Analysis of a Why Structure answer appropriately Edwin Chadwick wrote a report about the living conditions of the poor in the industrial statement and How far Clearly answer question by towns in 1842. He said that crowded housing judgement about it How important weighing up or assessing relative with poor sewage arrangements and no access on public health How significant to clean water meant that disease spread merit, as question requires quickly. This shows that Chadwick was very 1350-2000 etc. Use the bullet points to get you important in raising the issue and saying what going, but go further than them needed to be done. However, since these reforms did not go very far and the Board of Bring lots of accurate own Health was closed down in 1854, this suggests knowledge into their answer that Chadwick was not so important in getting things done. Snows work on the Broad Street Pump forced local councils to make improvements later in the century and so Snow could be seen as more important than Chadwick in this respect