Medicine During the Middle Ages Crossword Puzzle

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• miasma : a theory that diseases were caused by "bad air" or polluted air filled with harmful vapors.
• bloodletting : a medical practice where blood was drawn from a patient to remove "bad humors" and cure illness.
• buboes : swollen lymph nodes that were a common symptom of the black plague, often found in the armpits, groin, or neck.
• plague doctor : a physician who treated plague patients, often wearing a beaked mask filled with aromatic substances to protect against miasmas.
• quarantine : the practice of isolating people or animals to prevent the spread of disease.
• herbal remedies : treatments using plants and herbs believed to have medicinal properties.
• flagellants : religious zealots who believed the plague was god's punishment and sought to atone by whipping themselves.
• aromatic woods : fragrant woods burned to purify the air and ward off miasmas.
• leeches : bloodsucking worms used in bloodletting to draw blood from patients.
• incense : fragrant smoke produced by burning aromatic substances, used to cleanse the air.
• pestilence : another term for a deadly epidemic disease, often used to describe the black plague.
• scourges : whips with multiple tails, sometimes spiked, used by flagellants for self-punishment.
• bubonic plague : the most common form of the black plague, characterized by the appearance of buboes.
• contagion : the spread of disease from one person to another through direct or indirect contact.
• apothecary : a person who prepared and sold medicines and herbal remedies.