History of NHS Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. In 1846, Robert Liston was the first surgeon in Britain to carry out an amputation on a patient using which new medical invention?
  2. 7. The oath that doctors still take today is named for ......?
  3. 9. The drug Quinine, which was isolated from the bark of a cinchona tree in 1820, is used to treat which disease?
  4. 10. In 1954, what organ was the first organ to be successfully transplanted?
  5. 12. This person halted a cholera epidemic in London by breaking the handle off a water pump? John ....
  6. 13. in 1884 Gustav Adolf Neuber opened a private hospital in Germany and was the first in the world to use which technique?
  7. 14. In 1847, a Hungarian doctor reduced deaths from 'childbed' fever with the innovation of washing what body part?
  8. 16. The NHS is the fifth largest what in the world?
  9. 19. What drug is used to prevent blood clots and embolism?
  10. 20. Mary Mallon was an asymptomatic carrier of which disease?
  11. 21. Who first introduced public toilets and sewers resulting in better public health?
  12. 24. Founder of modern nursing, Florence ......?
  13. 25. ....... Garrett Anderson was the first female doctor to graduate in the UK in 1865.
  14. 26. In the 17th Century, barbers would be trained to carry out surgery as well as cut hair. What part of a patient's body would a barber surgeon often remove?
  15. 27. Who was the founder of the NHS in 1948?
  16. 28. The first point of contact in the community such as GP's, dentists and optometrists is known as ....... care
Down
  1. 1. In modern medicine, what does an oncologist treat?
  2. 2. Alexander Fleming has been credited with discovering this in the 20th Century.
  3. 3. In the developed world, one of the fastest-growing health threats is ....... and diabetes?
  4. 5. The world's first successful vaccine was for which disease?
  5. 6. In 1962, Francis Crick, James Watson and Maurice Wilkins all recieved a nobel prize for the discovery of what?
  6. 8. Louis Pasteur created the earliest vaccine to treat what?
  7. 11. In 1896, the medical use of this was discovered.
  8. 13. Salicylic acid is the active ingredient in which medicine which is commonly used today?
  9. 15. Rene Laennec was the inventor of this medical instrument.
  10. 17. In 1800's, hospitals were known as houses of .....?
  11. 18. Medication obtained from opium plant
  12. 22. Which city was the home to the first NHS hospital in 1948?
  13. 23. In 1927, Philip Drink invented the 'iron lung' to help patients paralysed by what disease?
  14. 27. The bubonic plague which spread between 1347-1350 was also known as the ..... death?
  15. 29. In 1922 this medication was used for the first time.