How did hospitals change over time and improve prevention and treatment of illness and disease?
In this lesson you will consider the rate of progress in hospital care and treatment from medieval times to the year 1900. In particular, you will look at the state of hospitals by 1700, the significance of Florence Nightingale, and why hospitals had changed so much by 1900.
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Worksheet
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Final Quiz
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