Civil War Surgeon Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. A large tool made of stainless steel with an ebony handle used for cutting through bone
  2. 3. Small, hooked tool used for extracting arteries for easier suturing
  3. 5. Harvard surgeon who served during the Battle of Gettysburg
  4. 10. Instrument used for bloodletting
  5. 11. Primary tool used for suturing
  6. 14. Used to anaesthetise patients during an operation
  7. 15. Life threatening postoperative infection where massives amount of tissue die due to necrosis
  8. 16. Life threatening postoperative blood infection caused by the spread of pus-forming bacteria
Down
  1. 1. A small, handheld blade used to cut through muscle and severe smaller appendages
  2. 3. The minimum length of medical school in the 1800's
  3. 4. Founder of the modern ambulance corps and Civil War Surgeon
  4. 6. Tool used to stop blood flow
  5. 7. Most common operation performed during the Civil War
  6. 8. one of the few female trauma surgeons that served during the Civil War
  7. 9. Anatomical term meaning "back"
  8. 12. Anatomical term meaning "front"
  9. 13. A knife varying in size that was used as the primary cutting tool during an operation