Medicine through time so far

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Across
  1. 3. ^ New approach to prevention using a mild dose of a disease to create immunity.
  2. 5. ^ Disease whose London outbreak in 1854 was famously investigated by John Snow.
  3. 7. ^ A term describing continuous or never-ending change.
  4. 8. ^ Renaissance figure who improved knowledge of human anatomy through dissection.
  5. 10. ^ Highly trained medical practitioner focused on diagnosis in the medieval period.
  6. 12. ^ Physician who proved that cholera was spread by contaminated water.
  7. 13. ^ Identified specific microbes that caused diseases like anthrax and tuberculosis.
  8. 14. ^ Medieval figure who prepared and sold herbal remedies.
  9. 15. ^ Used by Lister to prevent infection in wounds and during surgery.
  10. 16. ^ Ancient physician whose ideas heavily influenced medieval medicine for over a millennium.
  11. 18. ^ Key figure known for revolutionizing nursing and hospital hygiene.
  12. 20. ^ The idea that disease is caused by specific microorganisms.
  13. 22. ^ Medical practitioner who performed surgery and haircuts.
  14. 24. ^ The devastating plague epidemic that struck England in 1348-49.
  15. 27. ^ Institution founded in 1660 to encourage scientific experimentation and communication.
Down
  1. 1. ^ Area of government action to improve living conditions, e.g., sanitation and water supply.
  2. 2. ^ The ancient rational theory of disease based on blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile.
  3. 4. ^ Used to control pain during surgery.
  4. 6. ^ The approach where the government avoids interfering in public health or the economy (pre-1875).
  5. 7. ^ Technology that rapidly helped to spread new medical ideas from the Renaissance onwards.
  6. 9. ^ Renaissance doctor who emphasised careful observation of symptoms for diagnosis.
  7. 11. ^ Common treatment used to rebalance the body's humours.
  8. 17. ^ Theory that disease was caused by bad air or smells.
  9. 19. ^ The epidemic that struck London in 1665.
  10. 21. ^ Key individual who discovered the circulation of the blood.
  11. 23. ^ Key individual who developed vaccination against smallpox.
  12. 25. ^ An individual or event that causes rapid change in medicine.
  13. 26. ^ Developed the Germ Theory in the 19th century.