About Oxford Revise Edexcel GCSE History: Medicine in Britain, c1250-present (Exams from 2026) revision guide
You will revise the full specification for Medicine in Britain for the GCSE Edexcel History exam.
Build your confidence with all the key knowledge you need to know for the exam, from early ideas about diseases to modern prevention. Your learning will be supported by case studies from Medieval England right up to Modern Britain.
Retrieval questions help you check your learning. Exam practice questions and model answers will give you plenty of exam practice.
Contents list
Medieval England: approaches to prevention and treatment
Medieval case study: the Black Death
Renaissance England: ideas about the cause of disease and illness
Renaissance England: approaches to prevention and treatment
Renaissance case studies: William Harvey and the Great Plague
Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain: ideas about the cause of disease and illness
Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain: approaches to prevention and treatment
Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century case studies: Edward Jenner and cholera
Modern Britain: ideas about the cause of disease and illness
Modern Britain: approaches to prevention and treatment
Modern case studies: Fleming, Florey and Chain, and lung cancer
Historic Environment: Live in the British sector of the Western Front during the First World War
Historic Environment: Looking after and treating the wounded on the Western Front
Revise effectively with Oxford Revise
Each chapter has lots of exam-style questions for you to practice. These are designed to build your confidence, consolidate your knowledge and stretch your understanding. Exam tips show you how to interpret questions, what you need to do in your answers, and give you advice on how to get as many marks as possible.
The Oxford Revise approach
Oxford Revise uses a clear three-step method to get you ready for your exams.
Step 1: Knowledge – learn the facts
Everything you need to know in each chapter is summarised in an easy-to-follow Knowledge Organiser.
Step 2: Retrieval – check you’ve retained the knowledge
Quick-fire recall questions and answers make sure you have learned the knowledge you will need for your exams.
Step 3: Practice – complete questions in the style of the final exams
Practice applying your knowledge and skills with plenty of exam-style questions, featuring hints and tips from revision and subject experts.
Our expert authors
Author:
Aaron Wilkes
Ellen Longley
About Aaron Wilkes
Aaron has over 25 years’ experience working in schools as a teacher, department, and faculty leader. He also leads the PGCE Secondary History course at the University of Warwick and is published widely as a school textbook author, mainly for Oxford University Press. He is the co-creator/owner of an online History journal (practicalhistories.com) and is involved with the BBC as an Educational Consultant for their Bitesize and Teach platforms.
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