21. At a chemist’s в аптеці

PART I

PRE-TEXT ASSIGNMENTS

Exercise 1. Practice the pronunciation:

Prescribe [priskraib], prescription [priskrip∫n], injection [inek∫n], signature [signit∫ә], poisonous [poizәnәs], overdosage [ouvәdousi],untoward [әntouwo:d], to sponge [spΛn], to rinse [rinz].

Exercise 2. Topic vocabulary:

to have a prescription made up виготовляти по рецепту

to stick a label on smth приклеїти етикетку на щось

a drug for injections (internal, external use) ліки для ін’єкцій (внутрішнього, зовнішнього застосування)

something is wrong with smth/smb щось неладно з кимось/чимось

a tablet for headache таблетка від головного болю

a prescription for smth рецепт від чогось

a medicine ліки, медикамент

a drug ліки, лікувальний препарат

a remedy лікувальний засіб, ліки

drug administration призначання ліків

drug action дія ліків

dose доза, дозування

dosage дозування, доза, норма

overdosage передозування

Exercise 3. Read and translate the following words and word combinations:

1. a chemist: to work as a chemist, the chemist's, to work at criemist's, at a chemist's department;

2. a label: labels of three colours, a white label, a yellow label, a blue label, to stick a label on a bottle, the dose of the drug is indicated on a label;

3. powder: powders for cough, powders for headache, take these powders three times a day, these are the powders for internal use;

4. to sponge: to sponge the skin with alcohol, to sponge thee skin before injection;

5. to rinse: to rinse the mouth, to rinse after meals, to rinse the hands

with alcohol before the operation.

Exercise 4. Read and translate the text:

At the chemist’s

When you are ill you consult a doctor. He prescribes you the treatment and writes out a prescription. Then you must go to the chemist's to have all the prescriptions made up.

There are usually two departments in any large chemist’s: the chemist's department and the prescription department. At the chemist's department one can have medicine right away, other drugs have to be ordered at the prescription department.

At the chemist's all drugs are kept in drug cabinets. Every small box has a label with the name of the medicine stuck on it. There are labels of three colours: white ones are stuck to indicate drugs for internal use, yellow ones indicate drugs for external use, and blue ones indicate drugs for injections. The dose to be taken is usually indicated on a signature or a label. As a rule, the directions for the administration of a drug are written on the signature. It is necessary for chemists, nurses, doctors, as well as patients themselves, so that they won't confuse different remedies because some of them are poisonous and their overdosage may cause untoward reactions and sometimes even death.

In the drug cabinets we can see small parcels of different powders: ampoules of glucose and camphor used for intravenous and intramuscular injections; tubes of healing ointments, which are rubbed in to relieve pain or skin irritation; different pills for internal use; sedatives and tonics, such as bromide, vitamins; laxatives administered orally in case something is wrong with the patient's stomach because of indigestion; sleeping pills; bottles of iodine and of brilliant green and so on.

At this chemist's shop one can also get drugs of all kinds as well as hot water bottles, medicine droppers and many other things which are quite necessary for medical care.

The other day I needed some medicines that's why I went to the nearest chemist's and bought some tablets for headache. I handed in the prescriptions for the cough mixture and the other drugs which the physician had written out. I also had a prescription for 50 mg of alcohol to sponge skin and rinse hands before the injections. The chemist gives me five bottles of bicillin 200.000 units each, three bottles of streptomycin 500. 000 units each and eight ampoules of 0,25% novocaine 2ml each right away and said that the mixture would be ready only in two and a half hours. When I was receiving the cough mixture the chemist advised me to keep it in a cool plaсе and shake it before using. I had to take a tablespoonful of this mixture three times a day to relieve my cough and to be well again soon.

Exercise 5. Read the passages and answer the questions. Put your 5 questions to one of the abstracts given below:

1. Yesterday my mother went to the chemist’s and bought a small box with a blue label on it.

2. Yesterday my friend was at the chemist’s and ordered the medicine at the prescription department.

3. In an hour he received a small bottle with a white label on it.

4. What of them was a medicine for injection?

5. Last month my sister was admitted to the in-patient department of our city hospital because she was ill with an acute form of pneumonia.

6. She was treated with antibiotics the labels of which had blue colour.

7. Last month my friend had allergy with skin rash.

8. His mother called in a doctor who prescribed to him home treatment.

9. My friend received medicines the labels of which had yellow colour.

10. What medicines were prescribed in the first and second cases?

Exercise 6. Answer the following questions:

1. Whom do you consult when you are ill?

2. What does the doctor do after examining the patient?

3. Where do you go with the physician's prescription?

4. How many departments are there in the chemist's shop?

5. At what department do some drugs have to be ordered?

6. Where are all drugs kept?

7. What labels are there on each small box of medicine, tube or a box?

8. What must be indicated on the label and why?

9. What can the overdosage of medicine cause?

10. When would the cough mixture, which I ordered, be ready?

Exercise 7. Fill in the blanks with articles where necessary:

1. Here is … prescription for ... vitamin B.

2. I'll put you on ... sick-leave till … end of ... week.

3. ... other day we carried on ... experiment on ... animals during our

practical studies.

4. Not to confuse different remedies . . . label must be stuck on . . . bottle or ... box containing drugs.

5. ... last week my sister caught ... cold. We called in ... district doctor.

6. When … doctor examined my sister, he prescribed my sister ... home treatment, … scalding foot bath and . . . medicine for ... headache and cough.

7. Here are . . . ampoules of... glucose you need for . . . intravenous injections

Exercise 8. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs where necessary:

1. Have you any pain ... the stomach? - Yes. I have sometimes. Something is wrong ... it.

2. The district doctor wrote ... a prescription ... some tablets.

3. As my brother was running a very high temperature the doctor gave him several injections . . . bicillin to keep the fever …

4. The chemist wrote the name . . . the drug ... the label and stuck it... the bottle.

5. I’ll prescribe you a tube . . . healing ointment.

6. Please, rub it ... to relieve the irritation.

7. What is the matter . . . your friend? He is so pale and his face is damp … sweat. Shall I call ... a doctor?

8. Please, have this prescription made . . . the chemist's . . . your way . . . the University.

9. The nurse …duty gave an injection . . . morphine . . . the patient, who was hospitalized ... a poor condition and had a severe pain ... his abdomen.

10. Be careful! This drug is only … external use. And besides, its overdosage may cause an irritation . . . the skin.

Exercise 9. Find substitutes for the following words and word combinations:

1. the department where we can have the medicine right away;

2. the department where we order some medicine;

3. a small slip of paper on which the name of the medicine is written;

4.drugs taken orally:

5.unfavourable reaction;

6. the drugs which may cause an untoward reaction or sometimes even death;

7. the method of introducing some medicine into the muscle;

8. the method of introducing some medicine into the muscle;

9. a substance made of oil or fat and applied on the skin to heal wounds;

10. the medicine which is prescribed in case of sleeplessness;

11. to mix the medicine in the bottle well;

12. a small instrument used for dropping medicine;

13. the drug which produces an extremely marked influence;

14. the treatment which causes good results;

15. to rub;

16. at once;

17. neither a cold nor a hot place;

18. something hurts my stomach.

Exercise 10. Open the brackets and put the Personal Pronouns in the necessary form:

1. Don't confuse different remedies because some of (they) are poisonous.

2. When the physician finished the physical examination of (I) sister, he prescribed (she) some pills, powders and an antiseptic mouth wash for quinsy.

3. The patient was in a very poor condition. The nurse gave (he) an injection of camphor and caffeine.

4. Please, take these tablets.

5. They will give (you) an instant relief.

6. Have you sleeping pills? - Yes, we have a lot of (they). Which of (they) do you want to have?

7. During (he) reception hours Dr. Brown saw five cases. He examined (they) thoroughly.

Exercise 11. Find English equivalents of the following word combinations and sentences. Make up your own sentences with them:

1. приймати столову ложку цієї мікстури;

2. щось у хворого не ладно зі шлунком;

3. передозування може викликати неприємні реакції;

4. мікстура від кашлю;

5. іноді передозування може викликати навіть смерть;

6. замовити ліки по рецепту;

7. тримати ліки в прохолодному місці;

8. необхідні для медичного догляду;

9. лікувальні мазі втираються, щоби зняти біль або подразнення шкіри;

10. приймати ліки три рази на добу.

Exercise 12. Make up your own situations or dialogues using the following words and word combinations:

1. at the chemist's department; to have the medicine at once; pills; powders; to indicate; dose.

2. at the prescription department, to have a prescription made up; take a tablespoonful of; internal use; a cough mixture to administer.;

3. to sponge the skin; alcohol, to rinse the hands; to give the injections; a bottle of penicillin, novocaine.

4. a drug cabinet; a box; a bottle; to stick a label on; to indicate; a poisonous drug; the directions for administration.

Exercise 13. Suggested topics for retelling:

1. Describe the chemist's where you usually have your prescriptions made up.

3. Give your directions for administration of a cough mixture to a patient.

TEST

1. Where does a patient usually go on receiving a prescription from a doctor?

a) to a hospital b) home c) to a pharmacy d) to a post-office e) to a clinic

2. What is stuck to the medicine?

a) a label b) a prescription c) findings d) analyses e) diagnosis

3. What colour has a label for the drugs of internal use?

a) yellow b) green c) pink d) white e) blue

4. Where are all drugs kept in the chemist’s?

a) on the shelf b) in the cupboard

c) on the table d) in the wardrobe

e) in the drug cabinets

5. Here is a prescription … antibiotics.

a) for b) on c) to d) from e) of

6. Something is wrong … my tooth.

a) to b) with c) in d) for e) of

7. The patient’s face was damp … sweat.

a) before b) of c) from d) with e) about

8. The nurse has just taken my blood … analyses.

a) to b) for c) into d) from e) at

9. The overdosage of some remedies may … skin irritation.

a) begin b) finish

c) make d) cause

e) follow

10. You may order the mixture at … department.

a) laboratory b) in-patient

c) out-patient d) chemist’s

e) prescription

11. He confused remedies because there … labels on them.

a) weren’t b) haven’t

c) wasn’t d) hadn’t

e) aren’t

12. The dentist … the patient’s oral cavity yesterday.

a) was examining b) examine

c) examines d) has examined

e) examined

13. He … in the hall now.

a) waits b) wait

c) is waiting d) was waiting

e) waited

14. The nurse … an injection of anesthetic just now.

a) is giving b) gave

c) was given d) has given

e) was giving

15. My sister always … a bad headache.

a) complained b) is complaining

c) complains d) will complain

e) is complained

16. I will follow the doctor’s treatment which he … me.

a) administered b) has administered

c) administers d) is administering

e) was administered

17. What department … some drugs … at?

a) is ordered b) ordered

c) are ordering d) do order

e) are ordered

18. What … on the label?

a) is indicated b) indicated

c) are indicated d) indicates

e) is indicating

19. What … the doctor … in prescription?

a) writes b) was writing

c) do write d) has written

e) does write

20. What … the patient … before taking the medicines?

a) must know b) may know

c) can know d) could know

e) would know