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HEALTH AND ILLNESSES
(Unit 9)
I. READING AND DISCUSSING THE TOPIC
Task 1. Read the text “Treating a Patient”.
Last spring Ann, my room-mate, was taken ill. The poor girl felt sick and
giddy, she was running a high temperature and it was clear that she needed the
services of a doctor. I rushed straight to our hostel health centre and made an
appointment with the doctor. In an hour or so the doctor, a middle-aged woman
in a white gown, came in. Before diagnosing the disease she asked Ann to strip
to the waist, examined her throat, felt her pulse, sounded her heart and lungs and
tested her blood pressure. The following dialogue took place between them.
D.: I see you’ve taken your temperature. What is it?
A.: It’s 38.7 (thirty-eight point seven). And I feel bad, I’ve got a headache and a
sore throat.
D.: Do you get colds very often?
A.: Well, I had a cold about two months ago. I had a chest infection afterwards.
The doctor gave me some antibiotics.
D.: And did you complete the course of treatment as directed?
A.: Oh, yes. By the way, it hurts me when I swallow. Besides, I’m afraid I’ve
got a pain in my side.
D.: Let me examine your side. Things do happen.
A.: And what if it is appendicitis? It would mean an operation, Doctor, eh? Do
say something.
D.: There, there. No tears. Take it easy. Everything will be all right.
A.: I hate being on sick leave and staying in bed.
D.: Does it hurt when I press here?
A.: Oh, yes. It’s terribly painful.
D.: Well, my dear. I’m sorry to say you have flu and besides something is wrong
with your appendicitis. If you have a new attack, you must be taken to hospital
and operated on.
A.: Oh, it’s too bad. Poor me.
D.: Don’t worry. Let’s hope for the best. Now I’ll write out a prescription for
some pills and a mixture. You are to take a tablespoonful of it three times a day.
I believe that some injections of glucose will do you a lot of good.
A.: And what should I take for my headache?
D.: I’ll give you a tablet. Here it is. Good-bye, and cheer up.
A.: Good-bye, Doctor. Thanks a lot.
So, I went to the chemist’s to have the prescription made up. We followed
the doctor’s directions and in a week my friend felt much better. Then I took her
to the health centre where she had her chest X-rayed and her blood tested.
Everything was all right and soon she recovered.
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