Feeling bad.

“Hello. How are you?”

“I’m not doing very well. I’ve got a cold.”

“Oh, I’m sorry to hear that. You must go to the doctor at once.”

“Well, I’m sure I’ll recover in no time.”

“Take care of yourself. I hope you feel better soon.”

“Thank you. Bye.”

“Bye-Bye”

Short Conversations. Calling First Aid.

“Hello!”

“First Aid here. What happened?”

“A man here is having a serious heart trouble.”

“Name and age?”

“Skidoo, 58 years old.”

“Address?”

“Number 24, May Street, Flat 16.”

“A car will arrive in ten minutes.”

“ I don’t feel well.”

“What’s the matter with you, sonny, where does it hurt?”

“I don’t feel well.”

“Where is the pain?”

“I’ve got a very bad headache and my nose is running.”

“You have caught a cold. Take this pill. Have a cup of hot tea with honey and go to bed.”

At the Doctor’s.

“Take off your jacket and shirt and let me examine you.”

“All right, Doctor.”

“You don’t cough, I suppose, or feel any pain anywhere, do you?”

“No, doctor, not at all, I fell quite well.”

“Fine, now le me listen to your heart…With a heart like that you will live to be two hundred. Now, what about your stomach? Lie down and I’ll see if anything is wrong there…This was where you had the pains when you were ill, wasn’t it? Any pain now?”

“Yes, that was the place, doctor, but it doesn’t hurt at all now.”

“Well, a few weeks at a sanatorium in Kislovodsk will do you a world of good, I think. Get dressed now while I write out your papers.”

“Thank you, Doctor.”

Toothache.

“Hey. What’s the matter with you?”

“I’ve got toothache.”

“Why don’t you go to the dentist’s then?”

“I’m afraid to have teeth out, it hurts!”

At the Chemist’s.

“Will you make up this prescription, please?”

“Just a minute…Here you are. One tablespoon before meals three times a day.”

“Thank you.”

“As for these tablets, you can get them without a prescription in the other department.

Doctors and patients.

“I saw the doctor today about my loss of memory.”

“What did he do?”

“Made me pay him in advance.”

***

The doctor smiled as he entered the room.

“You look much better today.”

Yes. I followed the directions on your medicine bottle.”

“What were they?”

“Keep the bottle tightly corked.”

***

“Doctor, I want you to look after my office, while I’m on my vacation.”

“But I’ve just graduated, doctor. I’ve had no experience.”

“That’s all right, my boy. My practice is strictly fashionable. Tell the man to play golf and ship the lady patients off to Europe.

Chapter VI. Texts The laws of health.

One of the first duties we owe to ourselves is to keep our bodies in perfect health. If our body suffers from any disorder, our mind suffers with it, and we are unable to make much progress in knowledge, and we are unfit to perform those duties whish are required of us in social life.

There are certain laws of health which deserve particular attention and they are so simple that even a child can learn them. A constant supply of pure fresh air is indispensable to good health. To secure this, nothing impure should remain either within or near our homes, and every room in house especially the bedrooms, should be properly ventilated every day.

Perfect cleanliness is also essential. The whole body should be washed as often as possible. The skin is full of minute pores, cells, blood vessels and nerves. It “breathes” the way the lungs do. Therefore it should always be clean.

Besides its importance to health, there is a great charm in cleanliness. We like to look at one who is tidy and clean. If the skin is kept clean, the teeth thoroughly brushed, the hair neatly combed, and the finger-nails in order, we feel pleased with the person, even though his (her) clothes may be coarse and much mended.

A certain amount of exercise is necessary to keep the body in perfect condition. All the powers (mental and bodily) we possess are strengthened by use and weakened by disuse. Therefore labor and study should succeed each other. The best way of getting exercise is to engage in some work that is useful and at the same time interesting to the mind. It is most essential for the old and the young to do morning exercise with the windows wide open in your room or, if possible, in the open air.

Remember that exercises warm, invigorate and purify the body. Rest is also necessary to the health of both body and mind. The best time for sleep is during the darkness and stillness of the night.

Late hours we are very harmful to the health as they exhaust the nervous system. We should go to bed early and get up early. It is a good rule to “rise with the lark and go to bed with the lark”.

Most essential to our body is food. Our body is continually wasting, and requires to be repaired by fresh substance. Therefore food, which is repair the loss, should be taken with due regard to the exercise and waste of the body. Be moderate in eating. If you eat slowly, you will not overeat. Never swallow your food wholesale- you are provided with teeth for the purpose of chewing your food – and you will never complain of indigestion. We should abstain from everything that intoxicates. The evils of intemperance, especially of alcohol, are too well known.

Intemperance exits bad passions and leads to quarrels and crimes. Alcohol costs a lot of money, which might be used for better purposes. The mind is stupefied by drink and the person who drinks will, in course of time, become unfit for his duties. Both health and character are often ruined.

Thus we must remember that moderation in eating and drinking, reasonable hours of labor and study, regularity in exercise, recreation and rest, cleanliness and many other essentials lay the foundations for good health and long life.