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