- •Contents
- •Chapter I. Glossary
- •Names of specialists
- •What are your symptoms?
- •Chapter II. Medical Care in Great Britain and the United States
- •Chapter III. Russian Medical Care
- •Chapter IV. The National Health Service
- •Chapter V. Dialogues At the doctor’s
- •In the Consulting - room
- •A call.
- •At the doctor’s.
- •Near the consulting-room.
- •The doctor and the painter.
- •Short conversations.
- •Feeling bad.
- •Short Conversations. Calling First Aid.
- •At the Doctor’s.
- •Toothache.
- •At the Chemist’s.
- •Doctors and patients.
- •Chapter VI. Texts The laws of health.
- •At the dentist’s.
- •Being ill.
- •Vocabulary:
- •Health and the body
- •Vegetarians.
- •How to remain healthy.
- •About health.
- •The doctor visit.
- •A very long root.
- •What the doctor wrote.
- •No Smoking Day.
- •Chapter VII. Proverbs, songs, riddles
- •Chapter VIII. Exercises.
- •When a cold season is around the corner.
- •Bibliography
Chapter V. Dialogues At the doctor’s
Patient. May I see Doctor N., the therapist?
Clerk. Doctor N. is not receiving just now. You can see Doctor M.
P. Where does he see his patients?
Cl. Room 20. Second floor to the right.
P. Thank you.
Q. Are you all waiting for Doctor M.?
2nd P. No, there are only two of us to see Doctor M.?
P. Is he a good specialist? I’ve never been to him before.
2nd P. Oh, yes, he’s quite an experienced doctor, I should say. He examines
patients thoroughly. I’ve been… Oh, here comes the patient. It’s my turn . now. Excuse me.
In the Consulting - room
Patient. Good morning, doctor.
Doctor. Morning. What is wrong with you?
P. I’m awfully sick, doctor. All night I’d been having an awful pain in the
stomach.
Dr. Why didn’t you call in a doctor?
P. Well, it had subsided a little in the morning so I thought I might come
myself.
Dr. Where does it pain you?
P .Here, doctor.
Dr. Strip to the waist, please, and lie down on the couch.
(The patient undresses and lies down.)
Dr. Which side did you say the pain was on?
P. Right here, doctor.
(The doctor feels his stomach with his fingers.)
Dr. Any rigidity here?
P. I don’t feel any.
Dr. Here?
P. Oh, yes.
Dr. What have you been eating of late?
P. Well, I think everything that I’ve always been used to – meat, cabbage,
and others.
Dr. Does this often happen with you?
P. Not that I remember, doctor.
Dr. Seems you will have to be operated on for appendicitis.
P. Yes? I’m rather scared, doctor.
Dr. You needn’t be. Stand up and let me check your heart and blood pressure.
(The doctor checks.)
P. Is it all right, doctor?
Dr. Yes, and your blood pressure is almost normal too.
(He gives the patient the thermometer.)
Put this under your armpit.
(After some time.) A slight temperature. You may dress now. Well, here is
an admittance to the hospital. Good-bye.
A call.
MOTHER. Someone is ringing. Go and see who is at the door, Annie.
ANNIE. It’s the doctor, ma. He has come to see little George.
MOTHER. Good morning, doctor. I an sorry to tell you that my little boy is ill.
DOCTOR. Indeed! I am sorry to hear it. Where is he?
MOTHER. This way, doctor.
DOCTOR. How long has he been ill?
MOTHER. Since yesterday morning, doctor.
DOCTOR. Well, my little friend, what is the matter with you?
GEORGE. I have a pain in my head and in my throat.
DOCTOR. Let me see your tongue. It is thickly furred. Give me your hand and let
me feel your pulse.
MOTHER. High, doctor?
DOCTOR. Rather. There is a little fever. (To George.)Have you any appetite?
GEORGE. No, sir. I have no eaten since yesterday.
DOCTOR. Are you thirsty?
GEORGE. Yes, sir.
DOCTOR. Do you sleep well?
GEORGE. Sometimes. Last night I did not sleep at all.
DOCTOR. I shall make out a prescription. (To the mother.) He should take the
medicine a tablespoonful every 4 hours.
MOTHER. Yes, doctor. But is it serious?
DOCTOR. No, you need not fear. I’ll call around tomorrow at about the same
time. Good-bye.
MOTHER. Good-bye, doctor.