Medicine through time

The bubonic plague, or Black Death, was responsible for killing almost half of the Medieval world population.

Doctors in the Middle Ages did not have access to the advanced knowledge that we do. So what did they know?

The Renaissance saw the new availability of older wisdom lead to a period of innovation in science and medicine.

The work of some individual doctors and scholars has helped to advance medical practice.

Cholera is a water-borne disease that was responsible for killing thousands of people during the 19th century Europe. Find out how it was eradicated.

In the 19th century, the dead bodies of criminals were often used by doctors to practice dissection. Find out about the grisly role played by the body snatchers.

During the 19th century, governments decided that the health of the nation could not be left solely to individuals.

Many medical advances of the 20th Century were developed through the treatment of soldiers during World War One and World War Two.