Alchemy and Anatomy
Across
- 2. Short name for Vesalius' famous book (two words)
- 3. The art of cutting open dead bodies to see what's inside
- 4. In the view of Paracelsus, a substance that attacks the body, making a person sick
- 6. City in Italy where Vesalius taught
- 7. Idea that you could turn lead or other metals into gold
- 8. Substance that could turn lead into gold or give a person immortality (2 words)
- 10. Famous Swiss Alchemist
- 12. Belgian Anatomist and Surgeon
- 13. Wished that everything he touched would turn to gold
Down
- 1. Ancient Doctor whose ideas Vesalius disagreed with
- 2. Technique for separating substances by boiling
- 5. A period of 're-birth' in Western Europe that took place in the 14th/15th centuries
- 6. In the view of Paracelsus, everything could be divided into three of these - salt, sulphur, and mercury
- 9. A terrible disease that can be treated using mercury
- 11. The study of the structure of the body