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Bitesize GCSE History

Alice Loxton and Anoushka Lewis help you revise the key facts and exam skills you need for your GCSE History exam on Medicine through time.

Sounds,8 episodes

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Medicine through time
1. Medieval Britain
Alice and Anouska explore medieval approaches to health and medicine.
23 Mar 2026,10 mins
Medicine through time
2. Changing scientific approaches
Alice and Anouska look at changing approaches to medicine in the Renaissance period
23 Mar 2026,11 mins
Medicine through time
3. Patient care developments
Alice and Anouska look at the changes in medical treatment and care for patients.
16 Mar 2026,12 mins
Medicine through time
4. Modern medical advances
Alice and Anouska explore how key innovations have revolutionalised medicine.
16 Mar 2026,10 mins
Medicine through time
5. Government and health
Alice and Anouska chart the growing government involvement in British public health.
16 Mar 2026,10 mins
Medicine through time
6. Pioneering women in medicine
Alice and Anouska meet the women who have shaped medicine throughout history.
16 Mar 2026,11 mins
Medicine through time
7. The Western Front
Alice and Anouska look at the impact of the Western Front on medical development.
16 Mar 2026,11 mins
Medicine through time
8. Test your knowledge
Alice and Anouska are joined by some familiar voices in this bumper quiz episode.
16 Mar 2026,10 mins