Health in Industrial Britain
Description
The Industrial Revolution brought about some important advancements. These included the understanding of human physiology, diseases and their treatment, medicine, and medical procedures. This program, targeted at GCSE history students, covers a range of important developments, including Pasteur’s Germ Theory, improvements in hospital care and the work of Florence Nightingale, the use of anesthetics and vaccinations, and the Public Health Act of 1875.
Runtime
16 min 17 sec
Series
Subjects
Geography
Database
Films on Demand
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