1. In England, if you are ill you can either send for the doctor or go and visit him at his .
2. The piece of paper you get from the doctor to take to the chemist’s to obtain medicine, pills, etc. is called a .
3. My wife is expecting a baby. She is in the maternity of Birmingham Hospital at the moment.
4. Be careful with boiling water, you might yourself.
5. If a disease is infectious, it means it can be from person to person, especially in the air. On the other hand a disease is one which can be only be spread from person to person by direct contact or touch.
6. Hay is an illness, something like a bad cold which makes the person sneeze a lot. It is caused by breathing in pollen, among others.
7. A midwife is a nurse who has received special training to help other women when they are giving to children.
8. Don’t eat your food so quickly. You’ll get .
9. If you suffer from insomnia, your doctor may recommend sleeping pills.
10. I think I am , I have not been able to go to the toilet properly for days.
11. Before you have an operation, you are usually given a general to make you unconscious so that you will not feel any pain during it.
12. A medical is when the doctor asks you to see him again.