Doctor, Dentist and Chemist
If you have toothache, you should go to your dentist. He’ll examine your teeth, and if the aching tooth is not too far gone, he’ll stop it. If it is too bad, he’ll take it out.
If you don’t feel well, you should consult a doctor. If you feel too ill to go to the doctor’s, you’ll have to send for him. He’ll ask you to describe to him the symptoms of your illness. Then he’ll feel your pulse, look at your tongue and examine you thoroughly. Finally he’ll prescribe the treatment and write out a prescription.
Doctors’ prescriptions are made up by a chemist. At chemists’ shops in the USA, you can also get patent medicines of all kinds, lotions, tonics, cough-mixtures, baby-foods, aspirin, pills, ointment, bandages, adhesive plaster and so on. You can buy razors and razor-blades, vacuum-flasks, hot water bottles, sponges, tooth-brushes and tooth-pastes, powder-puffs, lipsticks, shaving-soap and shaving brushes and a hundred and one other things.
If you are interested in photography, you can also get cameras and films at most chemists’. They’ll develop and print your films for you, too. Some chemists are also qualified opticians, and if your eyesight’s faulty they’ll test your eyes and prescribe glasses for you.
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