Treatment of a Minor Injury

___________________ the wound thoroughly and apply an _________________ to counteract germs which spread _____________. Otherwise the wound may __________________. Sticking ______________ may be applied or the ________________ may be bandaged. ______________ may be smeared over the ____________.

Exercise 23. Choose the right word.

1) The doctor gave the woman a strong _______________ to calm her down.

antidote antiseptic bromide sedative

2) Morphine is sometimes used to _____________ severe pain.

deaden decimate smother suffocate

3) I hope this headache _____________ soon.

comes away goes out passed away wears off

4) Few poisons are more ____________ than cyanide.

deathly killing lethal mortal

5) The nurse made him swallow a(n) _____________ to help him sleep better.

lotion lozenge ointment tranquilizer

6) Beside washing that cut, put some _____________ on it in case you have got some dirt on it.

antidote antiseptic disinfectant medicine

7) Certain vitamins help to overcome a loss of _____________.

life vitality vitiation vividness

8) The medicine was so _______________ that he was almost back to normal within a few days.

effective efficient influential proficient

9) He was in terrible pain, so he was given a(n) ______________.

injection scratch stab wound

10) She has killed herself. She took a(n) _____________ of sleeping pills.

excess exorbitance overdose profusion

11) This is very rare poison for which there is no known _____________.

antibody anticoagulant antidote antiseptic

12) They _____________ on a cure for tuberculosis while they were doing research on something else.

foundered stumbled tripped trod

Exercise 24. Fill the blanks with the right word from the list below. You may use each word only once.

administer after antibodies diseases fight

harmless including injected orally prevent

serums smallpox substances symptoms vaccines

generally prevention

Drugs that Prevent Disease

Doctors use two main types of drugs for the ____________ of disease:

1. Vaccines contain dead or _____________ germs. They cause the body to develop _____________ called _____________ that act to _____________ disease. Doctors ________________ before a person has been exposed to such _____________ as poliomyelitis or ______________. Vaccines are usually _____________ but sometimes are given _____________.

2. Serums contain antibodies that ______________ off the germs of certain diseases, ______________ scarlet fever and lockjaw. These drugs are given _____________ a person had been exposed to the disease, or after ______________ of the disease have appeared. ______________ are _____________ administered by injection.

Exercise 25. Fill the blanks with the words from the list. You may need to change the form of the words. You may use each word once only.

acute apply case compress condition

cream lotion fold different disorders

nature strongly part necessary ointment

skin treatment