Science + Medicine during the Renaissance
Across
- 4. What was used to treat syphilis
- 8. What result of surgery caused more deaths than the original wounds that were operated on
- 10. The one "magical cure-all" that physicians believed in
- 11. What was initially thought to be a cure-all when it first arrived in Europe from America
- 12. Which area of science experienced many great scientific discoveries during the Renaissance
- 14. What kind of treatment did Sydenham use to treat smallpox and fevers
- 15. What was commonly used as a painkiller and fever reducer
- 16. Which invention created in the Renaissance helped to spread new scientific discoveries during this period
- 17. Besides the Black Death, what other epidemic were Europeans faced with during the Renaissance period
- 18. Which disease did Edward Jenner try to prevent by injecting a boy with pus from the sores of a woman with cowpox
Down
- 1. Which time-related invention was created during the Early Renaissance
- 2. Which chemical compound found in cinchona bark prevented malaria-causing parasites from reproducing
- 3. What was used to induce vomiting
- 5. What was allowed to be done to humans during this period that resulted in advancements in anatomy
- 6. From what tree was the bark used to treat malaria
- 7. Which treatment had terrible side effects that caused neuropathies, kidney failure, severe mouth ulcers resulting in the loss of teeth, and death
- 9. Which physician ridiculed the use of guaiacum and instead promoted mercury
- 13. Which doctor believed that the only way to ensure a proper diagnosis was to visit the patient