Health and the People

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Across
  1. 3. Number of humours that the body was said to contain
  2. 5. Medieval doctors might taste this to diagnose a patient
  3. 9. Method of treatment endorsed by the Church, to atone for sin
  4. 10. Drilling a hole in a person's head to release evil spirits
  5. 12. Muslim doctor who wrote the book 'Doubts about Galen'
  6. 13. Period of enlightenment and progress following the Middle Ages
  7. 17. These people dabbled in surgery as well as haircuts
  8. 19. These creatures were used to remove blood from a patient
  9. 20. Ancient Greek doctor who sounds like a storage facility for large animals
  10. 21. Name for the leader of the Islamic empire
  11. 23. Century in which the NHS was established in Britain
Down
  1. 1. Series of religious wars which helped spread medical knowledge
  2. 2. Muslim doctor who wrote 'Canon of Medicine' and 'The book of healing'
  3. 4. These were built to deal with people who had leprosy
  4. 6. A sudden outbreak of a disease
  5. 7. People who believed in whipping themselves to cure disease
  6. 8. Given to a patient to put them to sleep before surgery
  7. 11. Religion in believed in caring for the sick but not treating them
  8. 14. The other 'humour' in the body, besides blood, yellow bile and black bile
  9. 15. Colour associated with plague - the '______ death'
  10. 16. The study of a dead body, usually to establish cause of death
  11. 18. Islamic name for a hospital
  12. 22. Anyone daring to oppose ancient Church-endorsed beliefs could be accused of this