New York Science Grade 7

Unit 3: Dynamic Equilibrium: The Human Animal

Remedy Journal

Project Type: History

In this project, students will contribute to a class “remedy journal” by researching interesting, out-dated medical treatments. They need to include information on how the treatment of certain diseases and medical conditions has improved over time. Each page of the remedy journal should contain information on the type of condition, its causes, and how it was treated in the past. Students can include a “current treatment” section to show how the condition is treated today.

Resources:
Student can visit these web sites for information on how certain illnesses and medical conditions were treated in the past. Some students may need to do additional research if they choose a specific topic. Always supervise students carefully while they are doing internet research.

Surgery before the 19 th century
http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/medicine/units/history/notes/surgery/

Bloodletting
http://www.library.ucla.edu/biomed/his/blood/index.html

Wikipedia – Bloodletting
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodletting

Roman Empire Medical Practices
http://www.unrv.com/culture/roman-medicine.php

History of Medicine
http://www.schoolscience.co.uk/content/4/biology/abpi/history/index.html

Click here for a rubric to help score this project (70.0K)