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Medicine Through Time Pioneers

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Match medical pioneers with discoveries: Jenner, Pasteur, Lister, Simpson, Snow and Nightingale, from smallpox to germ theory.

This history crossword has 6 clues. Select a numbered square, read the matching clue, and type the answer. Crossing letters help confirm each word. You can print a worksheet or make your own crossword from a custom word list.

Horizontal Words

  1. Discovered carbolic acid could be used as an antiseptic (6)
  2. Her key principles were: sanitation, hygiene and ventilation in the Crimean War (11)
  3. Discovered cowpox could be used to create a vaccine against smallpox (1798) (6)

Vertical Words

  1. Discovered that chloroform was a much more effective anaesthetic than ether (7)
  2. Discovered Germ Theory (7)
  3. Discovered that cholera was caused by contaminated water, not miasma (4)
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