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Do you think you know any wacky medical facts of the past? Put YOUR knowledge to the test with this medical trivia crossword!
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5. Dr. Edward Jenner discovered what vaccine?
6. A lot of the treatments in ancient civilizations were based on the use of ______.
7. The blood and liver of slain gladiators were believed to be cures for what ailment?
9. 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.
12. The AB blood type is known as the universal _____.
14. In the late 19th century, ______ was believed to be the perfect substitute for blood, and the fatty/oily qualities would become white blood cells.
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1. Many ancient Roman physicians used ______ as a diagnostic tool.
2. What is the only bone in the body not attached to another bone?
3. What is the largest, strongest, and longest bone of the body?
4. Medieval doctors believed that the ______ sign of a person made them more susceptible to specific ailments.
8. Dermatitis is an inflammation of what part of the body?
10. During the late nineteenth and early twenty centuries, cigarettes were used to “treat” this condition.
11. ________ is notorious for its toxic properties, but it was once used as a common elixir.
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1. Many ancient Roman physicians used
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5. Dr. Edward Jenner discovered ______ as a diagnostic tool.
6. A lot of the treatments
2. What is the only bone in the body not civilizations were based attached to another bone? ______.
3. What is the largest, strongest, and longest
7. The blood and liver of slain bone of the body? believed to be cures for
4. Medieval doctors believed that the ______
9. In a book published by Dr. sign of a person made them more Ritter in 1910, he advised susceptible to specific ailments. could be remedied by spraying
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8. Dermatitis is an inflammation of what part nose. of the body?
12. The AB blood type is known
10. During the late nineteenth and early twenty _______. centuries, cigarettes were used to “treat”
14. In the late 19th century,
