Mr. Atkinson's GCSE History Revision: Recent Episodes

Colm Atkinson

A basic and simple podcast that explores different aspects of the Edexcel GSCE History course

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This is a basic/simple revision podcast looking at the key events in Germany in 1923, namely the invasion of the Ruhr, hyperinflation and the Munich Putsch

Check out my previous 10 podcasts on the History of Medicine, as well as my previous episode on Weimar Germany (Versailles and the Constitution)

Also look out for future podcasts on the following topics;

American West

Early Elizabethan England

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This is a basic/simple revision podcast looking at how the Treaty of Versailles affected Germany and what the new Weimar Constitution looked like and the problems it faced.

Check out my previous 10 podcasts on the History of Medicine.

Also look out for future podcasts on the following topics;

American West

Early Elizabethan England

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This is a basic/simple revision podcast looking at the way Medieval medicine developed between 1250-1500

Check out my other podcasts on the History of Medicine and the Weimar & Nazi Germany

Also look out for future podcasts on the following topics;

American West

Early Elizabethan England

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This is a basic/simple revision podcast looking at the British Sector of the Western Front in World War One. This is part 2 and looks at the weapons used and the illnesses and injuries suffered on the Western Front.Check out my previous podcasts on...

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This is a basic/simple revision podcast looking at the British Sector of the Western Front in World War One. This is the final part and looks at the chain of evacuation and the medical advancements. Check out my previous podcasts on medicine in the...

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This is a basic/simple revision podcast looking at the British Sector of the Western Front in World War One. This is part 1 and looks at the four key battles and the trench system.Check out my previous podcasts on medicine in the Middle Ages, the...

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This is a basic/simple revision podcast looking at the way Public Health developed during the 20th Century. Focusing on the Liberal Reforms to the NHS and Government campaignsCheck out my previous podcasts on the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Industrial Age...

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This podcast focuses on the cause of disease and the fight against it during the 20th century. It focuses on three key areas, Ehrlich's first cure, Penicillin and the discovery of DNA.

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A brief look at what the government did to improve the health of British people in the 19th century

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This episode focuses on the Industrial Age (18th & 19th century) and how people explained the cause of disease and also how they prevented. It will discuss the work of Jenner, Pasteur and Koch. The germ theory and vaccines.

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This podcast focuses on how surgery developed through the 19th century. Mainly looking at how the problems of pain and infection were solved. The work of Simpson and Lister will be discussed, as well as a brief look at the work of Semmelweis.

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This episode focuses on the way medicine developed between 1500-1750 (also known as the Renaissance period). It looks at the work of Vesalius and Harvey, as well as the changes in attitudes and new technologies.