The document introduces a medicine-related crossword published in the BCMJ, inviting feedback on its difficulty and future themes. The solution will be available in the June issue and printed in the July-August issue. It includes various medical clues related to historical figures and innovations in medicine.

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crossword 9 10
Welcome to our first medicine-related
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crossword, a new occasional feature
in the BCMJ.
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The solution is posted in the June
issue at www.bcmj.org, and will also
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be printed in the July-August issue.
Let us know your thoughts on
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whether the level of difficulty is
appropriate, as well as ideas for future 24 25 26 27 28
themes, at journal@bcma.bc.ca.
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Across
1 In 1906, he suggested the 35 36
existence of vitamins and that lack
of vitamins caused scurvy and 37 38 39 40 41
rickets
5 1976: the first commercial ___ 42
scanner
Myles Mellor
9 Misdiagnosed, perhaps 43 44
11 First name of one of the inventors
of the stereotactic method
14 Its central role was supported by
Plato and the Hippocratic
physicians
15 Requirement
16 Robert Ledley invented the full 43 Big name in 19th century 18 ____! That hurts!
body ___ scan homeopathy, William Cullen ____ 20 He developed a vaccine for
17 Prenatal test, for short 44 One of the inventors of anthrax
19 Deficiency stereotactic method 21 Middle name for the man who
22 Sore spots Down discovered the medical use of X-
24 Furniture trees 1 The first vaccine for this was rays
26 System approved in 2006 23 US health group, for short
28 Symbol for darmstadtium 2 J.A. McWilliam first reported on 25 Meet with a patient
29 William Grey Walter invented ___ experiments which led to the 27 Plot out
topography development of this device 30 Jonas Salk’s vaccine
30 Small bottle which contains a 3 Caused by ticks 31 He wrote: Antiseptic Principles of
medicine 4 Manner indicated the Practice of Surgery
32 Unusual 5 In 1926, the first vaccine for this 33 Long-snouted fish
33 Depart disease was developed 36 Place (abbr.)
34 VAX-D was a dicovery which 6 Time segment 38 Miller Hutchinson built the first
improved treatment for problems in 7 Medical prioritizing electric aid for this part of the
this area of the body 8 Doctor, for short body in 1901
35 High peak 10 Means inside at the beginning of a 39 Zap
37 1980 discovery that improved heart word 40 ___ Carson: with the help of of a
disease treatment, implantable 12 ___ manner of speaking team of doctors, he was the first to
_____ 13 Digit number separate occipital craniopagus twins
42 Accounts receivable, briefly 14 Arts degree 41 Part of a cholesterol blood test
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