Renaissance Medicine Crossword

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  1. 3. Idea about the cause of disease linked to the alignment of the stars and planets that continued from the Middle Ages
  2. 5. A device designed to help you to carry fresh herbs to drive away bad smells
  3. 7. Idea about the cause of disease linked to God that continued from the Middle Ages
  4. 8. Belgian scientist who used dissection to prove that over 300 of Galen's ideas about the body were wrong
  5. 9. The organisation that lost power during the Renaissance (and thus its power over medical ideas) due to Henry VIII.
  6. 10. A new idea about the cause of disease. This was the idea that disease could spread by touching an object
  7. 12. Idea about the cause of disease linked to smell that continued from the Middle Ages
  8. 13. Where the sick were sent to quarantine "P___h_____"
  9. 14. A scientific study of the insides of a dead body. This had been made illegal to do on anyone apart from a criminal) during the Middle Ages by the Church, but became legal in the Renaissance as the Church lost lots of its power.
  10. 15. Scientist who proved that blood is pumped by the heart and flows in one direction around the body
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  1. 1. The epidemic that hit England in 1665
  2. 2. An invention that revolutionised the production of books, meaning that ideas could spread more quickly than before.
  3. 4. Where explorers found new herbal remedies like cinnamon. The "new w____"
  4. 6. An invention first created during the Renaissance that was useful in helping Physicians to see detail.
  5. 11. A group of scientists supported by King Charles II who were committed to improving medicine.