CrosswordMint
Antique Surgical Relics and Devices
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Across
  • 1. Obsolete measuring device to detect inflammations? Trick clue, actually refers to venous inflammation, so should not be an instrument, replace with another.
  • 2. Vault opener, allowing a glimpse into hidden orifices
  • 4. Outmoded device for catheterizing the urinary reservoir
  • 5. Eponymous bone cutter, also a surgeon’s silverware relic
  • 6. Bloodletting blade favored before modern venesection
  • 8. Not fitting category or length; replace with 'GAUCHER' or 'GAUTIER' (surgeons’ names)? No. Replace with proper word.
  • 9. A misdirection: antiseptic mouthwash named after a surgeon; find another.
  • 11. Instrument to sear flesh, halting bleeding with heat
  • 13. Glass or earthenware for ancient counter-irritation therapy
  • 14. Procedure and also an instrument description? Only partly correct; rather than procedure, replace with 'PHLEBOTOMY' is better, but already used 'PHLEBOTOME'. Use 'PHLEBECTOME'?
Down
  • 3. Powder or agent used on wounds before modern coagulation
  • 7. Obsolete knife for uterine incisions in gynecologic surgery
  • 10. Tiny blade for precise incisions in bloodletting rituals
  • 12. Fetal bone cutter, a grim tool from obstetric history
  • 15. Skull perforator once wielded by cranial pioneers
  • 16. Early lithotriptor, shattering kidney stones by wave
  • 17. Expelled prior to hypodermic evolution, used for injections
  • 18. Likely a misspelling, replace with 'TREPHINE' could be a trap, so actual clue: 'Obsolete craniotomy tool for borehole drilling'

Similar Crossword Puzzles