Duration: 19'00''
This programme looks at ancient Egypt, Hippocrates, Christianity and Islam.
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1: Medicine and Religion | History File
Programme begins with looking at Ancient Greece, then the Roman Empire then looking at Muslim and Christian links.
2: Medicine and Science | History File
Schools prog on history.
2: Medicine, Public Health and Government | History File
With the fall of the Roman Empire came the collapse of the public health system which they had initiated. What broug...
3: Medicine and Government | History File
Using historical evidence to recreate 19th century life this programme looks at the relationship between government and medicine an...
3: Medicine, Women and Society | History File
Only one in four GP's in Britain is a woman. How were women excluded from medicine during the Middle Ages, & what problems did ...
4: Medicine and Long Term Change | History File
Paul Viragh presents programme on medicine and long-term change - Harvey's theory of the circulation of the blood is usually ...
4: Medicine and War | History File
This prog looks at the relationship between medicine and war. Does war help or hinder medicine? Surviving records from WWI help us to unde...
5: Medicine and Surgery | History File
Programme concentrates on looking at medicine and surgery, and looks at the rise of surgery and inventions such as X-rays, the stethos...
5: Medicine, Technology and The Individual | History File
The principal of the germ theory of disease is credited to Louis Pasteur. But why was it taken up and acted on, so ...
1: Black Death | World's Worst Century
Was the 14th century the worst time in history to be alive? The population of Britain was ravaged by a plague that drove mankind to th...
3: The Great Famine and the Black Death | Michael Wood's Story of England
Michael Wood's portrait of one village across the whole of English history reaches the 14th century...
6: The Scientist | Colosseum
One of the most famous scientists of the ancient world, Galen of Pergamon, makes a name for himself as a doctor for gladiators in the arena.
Anglo-Saxon Britain | Learning Zone
One of the children is sick, and this is used as a means to explore the different approaches to medicine and medical care in Saxon times.
Black Death | Ken Follett's Journey Into the Dark Ages
Ken Follett tells the story of the Black Death through the true stories of a monk in Winchester, a doctor in Florence ...
How the Black Death changed social structure | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Simon Schama explains how the Black Death changed Medieval social structures.
How the Lollard religion grew from the Black Death | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Simon Schama explains how the Lollard religion was developed from the Black Death.
Medieval treatment and beliefs on the cause of the Black Death | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Simon Schama discusses the Medieval beliefs about what caused the Black...
S1E5: King Death | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Simon Schama continues his look at British history with the Black Death, the horror of medieval Britain. Those it did...
The symptoms of Black Death and how it spread | A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Simon Schama discusses the black death, explaining it's symptoms and how it spread.
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