A challenging crossword exploring antique surgical instruments used by early medical practitioners.
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Vintage Blades and Ancient Medical Tools
Explore the fascinating terminology of antique surgical instruments with this detailed crossword puzzle highlighting historic medical devices and their uses.
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- 1. Long, narrow surgical knife once common in early surgery
- 2. Circular saw used for drilling skulls
- 3. Small sealed vial once containing medicine or anesthetic
- 4. Historical procedure involving bloodsucking creatures
- 6. Instrument used for grasping and holding objects
- 8. Instrument to dilate a body orifice or cavity
- 10. Ancient tool for removing a circular piece of skull
- 12. Therapeutic suction procedure using glass vessels
- 13. Small surgical knife historically used for bloodletting
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- 5. Instrument used to explore wounds or body cavities
- 7. Early instrument for measuring blood pressure (compound word)
- 9. Light, open-mesh fabric for dressing wounds
- 11. Sharp blade for precise incisions
- 14. Tool used to expand bodily openings
- 15. Ancient type of suture material made from intestines
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