Across
- 4. Surgical instrumnet used for slicing open flesh
- 5. Man who held the world record for amputating a leg in two and a half minutes.
- 6. A Greek doctor who changed the face of surgery;became Romes most famous doctor.
- 7. Specialists who carried out the process of mummification.
- 9. A drug given to make a person insensitive to pain.
- 10. A piece of skin removed from one part of the body to repair an injury or burn.
- 12. The release of a patient's blood in order to 'cure' them.
- 16. An anaesthetic liquid whose vapour makes a person unconscious.
- 17. A red-hot iron used to cauterise (seal) a wound.
- 18. Surgical instrument used in childbirth.
- 19. To destroy all germs from surfaces or surgical instruments.
- 21. The river that Egyptians based their theory on anatomy on.
Down
- 1. The drilling of a hole in the skull.
- 2. A medieval equivalent of a doctor.
- 3. Cutting up and examination of a body.
- 8. A doctor who performs operations.
- 11. To cut open a body and examine the insides.
- 13. A thread used to tie off blood vessels to prevent excess bleeding.
- 14. The science of understanding the structure of the body.
- 15. The removal of a limb or part of a limb by surgery.
- 20. An image made by the effect of X-rays on a photographic plate.