Doctors and Medicine in the Middle Ages

7. what ? plague was also known as the Black Death
9. how many million people were killed in Europe as a result of the Black Death
12. one of the places where the sick went to obtain healing herbs
14. the name of the procedure of perforating the skull to relieve pressure on the brain
15. this disease was treated by taking pus or powdered scabs from patients with a mild case of the disease and inserting them into the skin or nose of susceptible, healthy people.
18. what was the equivalent of our modern pharmacists
19. it was believed the cause of most diseases was this
21. headaches and aching joints were treated using herbs such as lavender, sage, hay and what sweet smelling plant
22. these were used to treat everything from headaches, ear infections and hemorrhoids
24. The ? death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history
25. vinegar was used a ? agent

1. a darkened room provided with soft furnishings
2. common diseases included ?, malaria, flu, typhoid, smallpox and leprosy
3. this was the most common form of surgery
4. according to the ? the Black Death was Gods punishment for sinfulness of human kind
5. these people produced books on herbal remedies
6. what social class were doctors in the middle ages generally from
8. which herb was used to reduce fevers
10. Surgeons would have relied on this for anesthesia
11. this sweet food source was used as an antibacterial to prevent infection.
12. these creatures were used to debride necrotized skin
13. lung problems were treated using a medicine using ? and comfrey
16. a practice doctors used to treat the Black Death
17. this gum-resin was used as an antiseptic on wounds
20. this was used to douse wounds as a form of antiseptic
23. stomach pains and what else was treated with wormwood, balm and mint