MEDICAL TALK
CROSSWORD CLUES "F"
ANNUAL EVENTS
NOBEL
EARLY AMERICA
100
This term refers to the painful inflammation of any of the fibrous structures that connect muscles to bones
tendinitis
100
Chips' aquatic partner
(4)
fish
100
This president loved oysters, & an annual oyster event takes place in his hometown, Oyster Bay, Long Island
Theodore Roosevelt
100
After years of trial & error, Nobel invented this explosive in 1866, making him a very rich man
dynamite
100
In 1610 the Spanish began building the Palace of the Governors in what is now this Southwest city
Santa Fe
200
To test for visual acuity, the Snellen chart is designed to be read from this many feet away
20
200
Honshu volcano
(4)
Fuji
200
Conceived by store employees, this department store's beloved Thanksgiving Day parade debuted in NYC in 1924
Macy's
200
Alfred Nobel was raised in this Russian city, then the capital, & also went to college there
St. Petersburg
200
In 1701 this college was founded in Conn., in part to counter the perceived liberalism of Harvard
Yale
300
A dilated pupil indicates that a head injury may have led to an acute subdural this, where blood accumulates within the skull
a hematoma
300
Greek-letter group
(10)
fraternity
300
Dolls representing the emperor & empress occupy a place of honor during this Asian country's Girls' Festival
Japan
300
Nobel's will established his namesake prizes for chemistry, physics, medicine & physiology, literature & this
peace
300
The Molasses Act of 1733 placed high duties on molasses & this potent potable from non-English possessions
rum
400
It begins, "I swear by Apollo physician and Asclepius..."
the Hippocratic oath
400
A Mrs., in Munich
(4)
Frau
400
In 2005, during the annual festival named for him, a statue of this Roman god was dedicated in Virginia Beach, Va.
Neptune
400
In 1901 the first Nobel Prizes were awarded by academies & institutes of these 2 countries
Norway & Sweden
400
His 1699 proposal for a permanent French trading post on the Detroit River didn't include a car dealership
Cadillac
500
Luteinizing hormone is one of the many produced by this cherry-shaped gland
pituitary gland
500
It's spoken in Hameenlinna & Hyvinkaa
(7)
Finnish
500
Don't miss the pie-eating contest at this northwest state's Apple Blossom Festival in Wenatchee
Washington
500
In the 1850s Nobel lived in the U.S. & studied under John Ericsson, the builder of this first Union ironclad warship
the Monitor
500
In the 1620s this Dutch company founded New Netherland in what later became N.Y., N.J., Delaware & Connecticut
the Dutch West India Company