Across
- 4. an instruction written by a medical practitioner that authorizes a patient to be issued with a medicine or treatment
- 7. a specialist concerned with the study and treatment of disorders and diseases of the eye
- 8. a doctor skilled in the treatment of women's diseases, especially those of the reproductive organs
- 10. people who treat patients by pressing joints in places where two joints are connected, e.g. spine, or backbone
- 11. a person who is qualified to treat diseases and other conditions that affect the teeth and gums
- 12. insensitivity to pain,the injection of drugs before surgical operations
- 13. part of the body,e.g.liver, lungs
- 14. people who treat patients by using needles at special points around the skin
- 16. a medical practitioner specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness
- 17. a person who stands in temporarily for someone else of the same profession, especially a cleric or doctor
- 20. the organized provision of medical care
Down
- 1. (of an illness) persisting for a long time or constantly recurring
- 2. a doctor qualified to diagnose and treat skin disorders
- 3. small centre offering primary care, run by a single GP or a group of them
- 5. a medical practitioner specializing in children and their diseases
- 6. therapists who use aromatic oils and massage
- 9. backbone
- 15. a doctor who specializes in the study or treatment of heart diseases
- 18. centre which specialises in treating a particular condition or group of condition
- 19. (v) to send someone to another person or place in order to get help, information, or advice