c1700–c1900: Medicine in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain: Edexcel GCSE History questions

Every Edexcel GCSE History exam question on c1700–c1900 c1700–c1900: Medicine in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain, 2018–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.

All 17 questions on c1700–c1900: Medicine in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain, as a list

June 2025, Option 11, Q3 (4 marks): Explain one way in which the Great Plague in London (1665) was similar to the cholera epidemic in London (1854).
June 2025, Option 11, Q4 (12 marks): Explain why Pasteur’s Germ Theory (1861) led to changes in medicine in the years c1861–present. You may use the following in your answer: Koch’s work identifyin
June 2025, Option 11, Q6 (16 marks): ‘In the years c1800–present, the role of the government was the most important factor in improving care and treatment in hospitals.’ How far do you agree? Expla
June 2024, Option 11, Q6 (16 marks): ‘The role of individuals was the most important factor in the prevention of illness in the years c1700–present.’ How far do you agree? Explain your answer. You
June 2023, Option 11, Q6 (16 marks): ‘People’s attitudes about medicine, in the years c1700–c1900, became increasingly positive.’ How far do you agree? Explain your answer. You may use the followin
June 2022, Option 11, Q3 (4 marks): Explain one way in which attempts to prevent the spread of infectious diseases in the period c1500–c1700 were similar to attempts to prevent the spread of infec
June 2022, Option 11, Q4 (12 marks): Explain why attitudes towards surgery changed in the period c1800–present. You may use the following in your answer: anaesthetics high-tech surgery You must als
June 2022, Option 11, Q6 (16 marks): ‘In the years c1800–present, the work of Pasteur was the most significant development in understanding the causes of illness.’ How far do you agree? Explain you
November 2021, Option 11, Q3 (4 marks): Explain one way in which surgery in the years c1700–c1800 was different from surgery in the years c1900–present.
November 2021, Option 11, Q4 (12 marks): Explain why there were changes in the prevention of illness in the years c1700–c1900. You may use the following in your answer: Edward Jenner Public Health Act
November 2020, Option 11, Q5 (16 marks): ‘The work of Florence Nightingale was the most important development in the care and treatment provided in hospitals in the years c1700–c1900.’ How far do you a
November 2020, Option 11, Q6 (16 marks): ‘There was little improvement in dealing with infectious diseases in the years c1500–c1900.’ How far do you agree? Explain your answer. You may use the followin
June 2019, Option 11, Q3 (4 marks): Explain one way in which ideas about the cause of illness in the years c1700–c1850 were different from ideas about the cause of illness in the years c1900–prese
June 2019, Option 11, Q6 (16 marks): ‘Providing access to care and treatment has been the most important development in the role of government in medicine in the years c1800–present.’ How far do yo
June 2018, Option 11, Q3 (4 marks): Explain one way in which care in hospitals in the years c1250–c1500 was different from care in hospitals in the years c1700–c1900.
June 2018, Option 11, Q4 (12 marks): Explain why there was progress in the prevention of illness in the years c1700–present. You may use the following in your answer: Public Health Act 1875 healthy
June 2018, Option 11, Q6 (16 marks): ‘The advances in surgery made in the years c1700–c1900 were more significant than advances in surgery made in the period c1900–present.’ How far do you agree? E

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