Medieval Medicine
Across
- 2. A disease commonly spread by mosquitoes
- 4. An alcoholic beverage made of grapes used in medieval times as antiseptic
- 6. The medieval practice of slitting an artery or vein to bleed out infected blood
- 10. The name of a surgery that involves removing a body part
- 12. A small parasitic, blood sucking creature that was believed to improve blood circulation.
- 13. A kind of plant usually used to garnish a dish that was believed to prevent people from getting sick
- 15. A cloudy area in the eye that was and is still removed in surgeries today
- 16. The doctor known for wearing a birdlike mask
- 17. A medieval surgery involving using a trepan on the skull
- 18. A religious place with monks people would go when sick to be healed
- 20. Fly larvae that were used to remove necrotized skin
Down
- 1. Something people would do to ask god to heal them
- 3. What can happen to a wound if it is not taken care of or gets infested with bacteria
- 5. A vegetable usually put on sausage sandwiches believed to repel the plague
- 7. A cabbage like vegetable put in most "potions" used for anaesthesia
- 8. A giant sickness that swept through Europe
- 9. A religious woman who tended to the sick and wounded
- 11. A medieval way of repenting for your sins by not eating so you wont get sick
- 14. A type of doctor that was known for performing bloodletting
- 19. A red flower associated with ANZAC day that was used as a herbal treatment in medieval Europe.