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Lesson 28-1 Patients and doctors

This is a skeptical age, but although our faith in many of the things in which our forefathers fervently believed has weakened, our confidence in the curative properties of the bottle of medicine remains the same as theirs. This modern faith in medicines is proved the fact that the annual drug bill of the Health Services is mounting to astronomical figures and shows no signs at present of ceasing to rise. The majority of the patients attending the medical out-patients departments of our hospitals feel that they have not received adequate treatment unless they are able to carry home with them some tangible remedy in the shape of a bottle of medicine, a box of pills, or a small jar of ointment, and the doctor in charge of the department is only too ready to provide them with these requirements.

/ˈlɛsən/ 28-1 /ˈpeɪʃənts/ /ænd/ /ˈdɑktərz/

/ðɪs/ /ɪz/ /ə/ /ˈskɛptəkəl/ /eɪʤ/, /bʌt/ /ˌɔlˈðoʊ/ /ˈaʊər/ /feɪθ/ /ɪn/ /ˈmɛni/ /ʌv/ /ðə/ /θɪŋz/ /ɪn/ /wɪʧ/ /ˈaʊər/ /ˈfɔrˌfɑðərz/ /ˈfɜrvəntli/ /bɪˈlivd/ /hæz/ /ˈwikənd/, /ˈaʊər/ /ˈkɑnfədəns/ /ɪn/ /ðə/ /ˈkjʊrətɪv/ /ˈprɑpərtiz/ /ʌv/ /ðə/ /ˈbɑtəl/ /ʌv/ /ˈmɛdəsən/ /rɪˈmeɪnz/ /ðə/ /seɪm/ /æz/ /ðɛrz/. /ðɪs/ /ˈmɑdərn/ /feɪθ/ /ɪn/ /ˈmɛdəsənz/ /ɪz/ /pruvd/ /ðə/ /fækt/ /ðæt/ /ði/ /ˈænjuəl/ /drʌg/ /bɪl/ /ʌv/ /ðə/ /hɛlθ/ /ˈsɜrvəsəz/ /ɪz/ /ˈmaʊntɪŋ/ /tu/ /ˌæstrəˈnɑmɪkəl/ /ˈfɪgjərz/ /ænd/ /ʃoʊz/ /noʊ/ /saɪnz/ /æt/ /ˈprɛzənt/ /ʌv/ /ˈsisɪŋ/ /tu/ /raɪz/. /ðə/ /məˈʤɔrəti/ /ʌv/ /ðə/ /ˈpeɪʃənts/ /əˈtɛndɪŋ/ /ðə/ /ˈmɛdəkəl/ /aʊt/-/ˈpeɪʃənts/ /dɪˈpɑrtmənts/ /ʌv/ /ˈaʊər/ /ˈhɑˌspɪtəlz/ /fil/ /ðæt/ /ðeɪ/ /hæv/ /nɑt/ /rəˈsivd/ /ˈædəkwət/ /ˈtritmənt/ /ənˈlɛs/ /ðeɪ/ /ɑr/ /ˈeɪbəl/ /tu/ /ˈkæri/ /hoʊm/ /wɪð/ /ðɛm/ /sʌm/ /ˈtænʤəbəl/ /ˈrɛmədi/ /ɪn/ /ðə/ /ʃeɪp/ /ʌv/ /ə/ /ˈbɑtəl/ /ʌv/ /ˈmɛdəsən/, /ə/ /bɑks/ /ʌv/ /pɪlz/, /ɔr/ /ə/ /smɔl/ /ʤɑr/ /ʌv/ /ˈɔɪntmənt/, /ænd/ /ðə/ /ˈdɑktər/ /ɪn/ /ʧɑrʤ/ /ʌv/ /ðə/ /dɪˈpɑrtmənt/ /ɪz/ /ˈoʊnli/ /tu/ /ˈrɛdi/ /tu/ /prəˈvaɪd/ /ðɛm/ /wɪð/ /ðiz/ /rɪˈkwaɪrmənts/.