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Vintage Surgical Tools and Techniques
A crossword exploring antique surgical instruments and their historical uses in early medicine.
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  • 1. Type of saw used for bone cutting
  • 2. Instrument used to enlarge an opening or canal
  • 3. Long narrow knife used for amputations in the 19th century
  • 5. Used to tie off blood vessels during surgery
  • 8. Surgeon who performed skull trephination
  • 10. Tool for removing circular sections of skull bone
  • 11. Device for injecting or withdrawing fluids
  • 12. Instrument for grasping or extracting during surgery
  • 14. Small sharp knife used in surgical procedures
Down
  • 4. Small, sharp blade once used for bloodletting
  • 6. To remove part of the skull using a specialized drill
  • 7. Tool for measuring or marking distances on bone
  • 9. Tool to hold back tissues or organs during surgery
  • 13. Instruments used to explore wounds or body openings
  • 15. Ancient surgical scalpel with a slender blade
  • 16. Tool or method to burn tissue to stop bleeding
  • 17. Light fabric used for dressing wounds
  • 18. Spoon-shaped instrument for scraping tissue

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