Frontier Doctors Word Search

Words about frontier physicians, remedies, illnesses, and the challenges of providing care in pioneer communities.

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About the Frontier Doctors Word Search

This puzzle covers the doctors and medical practices found in frontier communities, from house calls and midwives to remedies for common illnesses. Look for terms such as poultice, quinine, smallpox, and apothecary. It suits fans of historical dramas, the American West, and the history of health care, as well as students learning how medicine changed over time.

All 40 words in this puzzle

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  • Amputation
  • Anesthesia
  • Antiseptic
  • Apothecary
  • Bandage
  • Birth
  • Bones
  • Cabin
  • Cholera
  • Clinic
  • Cough
  • Diagnosis
  • Doctor
  • Fever
  • Frontier
  • Herbs
  • House Call
  • Infirmary
  • Laudanum
  • Measles
  • Medicine
  • Midwife
  • Midwifery
  • Nurse
  • Obstetrics
  • Physician
  • Poultice
  • Quinine
  • Remedy
  • Salve
  • Smallpox
  • Stethoscope
  • Surgeon
  • Suture
  • Tonic
  • Tuberculosis
  • Typhoid
  • Vaccination
  • Wagon
  • Wound

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