Medicine and health themes
In medical terms, Shropshire is famous for the Robert Jones
and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, near Oswestry. This learning
package looks at the history and development of this institution
through the life of one of its founders, Dame Agnes Hunt, the
eyes of one its earliest patients, Flora Hamer and some of the
archive documents held at the hospital itself.
This learning package also aims to support the teaching of the
'Medicine through time' component of the GCSE History course,
with a distinctly Shropshire flavour.
Many of the images in this package and much of the information
has come from 'Healing and Hope; 100 years of 'the
Orthopaedic' compiled by Marie Carter, Health Sciences
Librarian at the Francis Costello Library, Robert Jones and Agnes
Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.
| Theme |
Key Stage (where applicable) |
|
| Pioneers
and visionaries |
KS4 SHP |
Learn about the work of Dame
Agnes Hunt and uncover the work of another important Shropshire
figure, Henry Hickman Hill |
| Flora
Hamer's story |
|
Find out about Flora Hamer's
stay at Agnes Hunt's Baschurch Convalescent Home in 1909. |
| WW2 at
the Orthopaedic |
KS4 SHP |
Discover more about the
Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital's role during
the Second World War, through the study of its anaesthetic log
book from the time |
| Agnes
Hunt: source questions |
KS4 SHP |
Look more closely at the
sources that tell the story of Agnes Hunt's life. |
| Infection
through time |
KS4 SHP |
Trace the history of
infection and diseases through time. Including the work of the
Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital in fighting
TB. |
| Black Death in
Shropshire |
KS4 SHP |
Discover more about the Black
Death and test your knowledge in the activities within the
teacher's resources |
| Timeline and quiz |
Timeline
(Opens in a new window) |
4 SHP History |
A timeline charting the
development of The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic
Hospital. |
Medical
quiz
(Opens in a new window) |
4 SHP History |
A crossword to test your
skills at reading and understanding the Infection through time
theme. |
The Medicine and health package was jointly funded by the
Wellcome Trust and Shropshire Council.
The Routes to Roots team would like to thank Marie Carter,
Health Sciences Librarian at the Francis Costello Library, Robert
Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, for all of her help
and assistance with the construction of this learning
package.
Return to
top of page
|
