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Forgotten Tools of Vintage Medicine
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Across
  • 2. Bloodsucking creature used in ancient therapy
  • 3. Single-use container for liquid medicines
  • 4. Instrument used to grasp or hold tissue during surgery
  • 5. Material used for sutures before synthetic threads
  • 8. Small knife used in surgery, often replaced by newer versions
  • 11. An early tool used for bloodletting
  • 13. Tube inserted into the body for fluid delivery
  • 16. Device formerly used to measure eye pressure
  • 18. Instrument once used to bore holes in the skull
Down
  • 1. Old tool for measuring sugar levels in urine
  • 6. Small sharp knife for pricking the skin
  • 7. Method using suction cups to aid healing
  • 9. Early version of a listening device for chest sounds
  • 10. Method to clean blood externally, once cumbersome
  • 12. Instrument to dilate body orifices for inspection
  • 14. Used historically to withdraw blood from patients
  • 15. Device once used to quantify small quantities precisely
  • 17. Obsolete tool for reducing bone fractures
  • 19. Handheld instrument for injecting fluids

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