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