Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
Victorian Surgical Relics and Scalpels
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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- 1. Blade that pierces with precision, named for a small spear
- 2. A surgeon’s fine scalpel with a long, slender blade
- 3. Early instrument isolating structures, named for a transparent embrace
- 6. Old-word for a hernia instrument (alternate historical term, tricky!)
- 8. Thread or wire to bind bleeding vessels, silent stopper
- 10. Circular saw that ‘drills’ into history’s cranial vault
- 12. Instrument to clear esophageal obstructions, a swallowed savior
- 14. Suture material once spun from animal intestines, elegant yet organic
Down
- 4. Forceps designed for fetal skull fracture in obstetrics
- 5. Scraping tool once used in bone surgery, rasping quietly
- 7. Blade to excise burn eschars, a dissecting executioner
- 9. Notorious for prying bones with pointed teeth, archaic leverage tool
- 11. Former dressing material derived from connective tissues, sticky science
- 13. Jaw forceps named after a pioneering anatomist, a bony grip
- 15. Ancient circular saw for skull access, a cranial enigma