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- 5. Diagnostic tool used by many ancient Roman physicians.
- 7. - Pseudoscience that claimed personality traits could be determined by examining the shape of the skull.
- 9. Ancient Roman physician who influenced the practice of medicine for 1,300 years after his death.
- 11. Medieval doctors believed that the ______ sign of a person made them more susceptible to specific ailments.
- 13. Largest, strongest and longest bone of the body.
- 14. Only bone in the body not attached to another bone.
- 15. - First widely used general anesthetic in surgical procedures.
- 16. Ancient civilizations' treatments often based on the use of ______.
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- 1. Slain gladiators' blood and liver believed to be cures for this ailment.
- 2. Notorious toxic substance once used as a common elixir and topical medicine.
- 3. In a book published by Dr. Thomas Jefferson Ritter in 1910, he advised that hay fever could be remedied by spraying this up your nose.
- 4. AB blood type is known as the universal _______.Skin, Dermatitis is inflammation of this part of the body
- 6. Vaccine discovered by Dr. Edward Jenner.
- 8. - Controversial procedure that involved the removal or severing of brain tissue.
- 10. In the late 19th century, this was believed to be the perfect substitute for blood, and the fatty/oily qualities would become white blood cells.
- 12. During the late nineteenth and early twenty centuries, cigarettes were used to “treat” this condition.