MEDICAL INVENTIONS (PART 2)
.docxTask 1. Spell the transcribed words and translate them:
Hypodermic - подкожный
Hollow – делать полость
Breakthrough - открытие
Myopia - миопия
Spectacles - очки
Prosthesis – протез
Task 2. Find in the text the English equivalents for:
to inject fluids into the body
risk of infection
correct drug dosage
early prototype of modern glasses
cases of myopia
living with a handicap
invention of the prosthesis
carbon fiber
capture and hold brain impulses
wheelchair and crutches
Task 3. Fill in the table:
1.When was a hypodermic needle invented?
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Only about 150 years ago |
2. How did physicians in ancient Greece and Rome inject fluids into a body? |
Used thin hollow tools to inject fluids into the body |
3. How did the first spectacles look like?
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had to be held before eyes while reading or balanced on the nose (there were no arms to anchor them to ears). |
4. Why did the cases of myopia increase in late 1800s? |
With increased availability of printed books in late 1800s |
5. What devices can help the physically handicapped people move around? |
Prosthesis |
6. What are modern prosthesis made from?
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Modern prosthesis are made from carbon fiber that are lighter and stronger than metal and are more realistic |
7. What do inbuilt myoelectric sensors need for? |
Enable gripping and holding on brain impulses |