The History of Medicine

2. When blood forms clots
5. Produced during the application of leeches to prevent coagulation
6. Arab contribution to medicine; applied to infected ulcers and wounds to "burn out the poison"
7. The rejection of all religious and moral principles, in the belief that life is meaningless
9. A disorder of structure or function that typically produces specific signs and symptoms or affects a specific location or body system
13. Created by the Father of Medicine; recited by all physicians before entering practice
15. Used during the medieval times by priests to cure the sick
19. People who prepared and sold medicines and drugs
20. The medieval association of craftsmen or merchants
22. Widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time
23. Medical practitioners qualified to practice surgery
24. Chinese medicine in which needles are inserted into the body
26. Surgical intervention where a hole is drilled into the skull

1. The withdrawal of blood from a patient by using leeches; done by the early Egyptians
3. A system in which workers train on the job while also taking courses
4. Based on the principles of science
8. Refers to a disease or disease-causing organism; likely to be transmitted to people or animals
10. The exclusion of bacteria and other microorganisms, typically during surgery
11. People actively engaged in the art, discipline, or profession, especially medicine
12. Were known as priests
14. Medical symbol derived from the story regarding the priest in the temples of Asklepios
16. A disease occurring at the same time in different places; the bubonic plague
17. Medical treatment that prevents patients from feeling during procedures such as surgery
18. Treatment with a vaccine in order to produce immunity against a disease
21. A unit of ionizing radiation
25. A disease that affects humans