How much can you remember about Prehistoric

medicine & Ancient Egptian medicine? Study your notes

for 3 minutes and then answer these questions .
starter activity
What did prehistoric tribes use as a cure for
headaches?
How can we learn about prehistoric people?
Give 3 examples of how medicine improved
under Egyptians?
How did Egyptians explain disease 2 ways
Who were Ir-en-akhty and Sekhmet and what do
they tells us about Egyptian medicine?
Trepanning
Comparing with existing tribes, e.g,. Aborigines
Writing (papyrus & hieroglyphs), specialist
doctors, new explanations of causes (channels),
new treatments, anatomy & better instruments
Supernatural (evil spirits) / theory of channels
Eye specialist & Goddess of Healing use of
specialist doctors & continuing supernatural
practices

Was Hippocrates the
greatest doctor of them
all?
To assess how much I have learned about
prehistoric & Egyptian medicine
To identify why Hippocrates was such an
important doctor
To create a modern-day Hippocratic oath
LOs



Watch this short
film about
Hippocrates. Note
down as many of
his achievements
as you can.
How different
was Hippocrates
from what went
before?









Hippocrates, born
c.460BC
Read p.28-9 and jot down these headings:
Hippocratic Oath
Hippocratic Collection
Observing and recording
Natural treatments
Causes of disease
Decide which was his Hippocrates greatest
achievement and write a paragraph explaining
your choice.
How did Hippocrates move medicine on
from prehistoric times and Ancient Egypt?
Role play task
Imagine you are the host of a TV show like
This is Your Life. Hippocrates is the guest.
Invite back friends & relatives who would have
known him. Possible guests might include:
Mother & Father
Teachers from Cos
Patients
Other doctors
Extension task
Devise a modern-day Hippocratic Oath. Think about
some of the challenges facing todays doctors and some
of the complex moral and ethical issues they have to
deal with.
Extension
Explore the weblinks on the Studyhistory
website. Weblinks > GCSE. Visit some of the
sites and add additional information to your
table on Hippocrates. Do this in a different
colour so you can see this is information from
your own research.
Exam practice
Section B, Qa: Choose one of the individuals
who influenced the development of medicine
Hippocrates
Person X
What did he do to influence the development of
medicine?
Timing: spend roughly 8 minutes on this question
Level 1 (1-2 marks) Level 2 (3-4 marks)

Simple description of an
individuals achievements

Provides basic details about the
individual, e.g. Hippocrates
introduced a new oath, his
books were brought together in
the Hippocratic Collection, he
sued natural treatments and
observed and recorded his
findings, he invented the theory
of the four humours

Describes and explains the
achievements of an individual

Refers to most of the key
achievements in Level 1 but explains
why they were important, e.g. the use
of natural treatments mean that
people were moving away from
supernatural explanations or the
Hippocratic Collection meant that
remedies could be recorded and
shared with other doctors
Homework
Revise for a timed question on Prehistoric,
Egyptian and Greek Medicine.
Produce an obituary on Hippocrates youll
find a template on the Studyhistory website.
Extension. Supplement your knowledge using
evidence from the weblinks on the Studyhistory
website.

Plenary
3 areas you need to revise more thoroughly
3 examples of things youd expect to find in a
Hippocratic Oath
Give 5 reasons why Hippocrates was such a
great doctor
What would you put in a modern-day
Hippocratic Oath?