Treatment of a Minor Injury

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….. 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 ….. .

48. DRUGS. Choose the right answer.

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

a) antidote b) antiseptic c) bromide d) sedative

2. Morphine is sometimes used to …..severe pain.

a) deaden b) decimate c) smother d) suffocate

3. I hope this headache ….. soon.

a) comes away b) goes out c) passes away d) wears off

4. Few poisons are more …. than cyanide.

a) deathly b) killing c) lethal d) mortal

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

a) lotion b) lozenge c) ointment d) tranquilliser

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

a) antidote b) antiseptic c) disinfectant d) medicine

7. Certain vitamins help to overcome a loss of ….. .

a) life b) vitality c) vitiation d) vividness

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

a) effective b) efficient c) influential d) proficient

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

a) injection b) scratch c) stab d) wound

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

a) excess b) exorbitance c) overdose d) profusion

11.This is a very rare poison for which there is no known ….. .

a) antibody b) anticoagulant c) antidote d) antiseptic

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

a) foundered b) stumbled c) tripped d) trod

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