Read and discuss the text. Pharmacy (chemist's shop) is a specialized shop where medicines are sold

AT THE PHARMACY

Pharmacy (chemist's shop) is a specialized shop where medicines are sold. Pharmacy is usually situated on the ground floor.

It has a hall for visitors, two departments for selling drugs, and proper working rooms. The department for reception of prescriptions and delivery of drugs is called a prescription department. The other one is called a chemist department. At the prescription department medicines are sold or made according to prescriptions. Here one can see medicines of all kinds: boxes and parcels of different powders, ampoules of glucose and camphor used for intramuscular and intravenous injections; tubes of ointments for rubbing; different pills and tablets for internal use; tonics and sedatives administered orally.

At the chemist department one may buy also different things for medical care and medicinal plants. At this department medicines are kept according to their therapeutic effect drugs for cough, cardiac medicines, drugs for headache. Disinfectants, herbs and things for medical care such as hot water bottles, medicine droppers, cups, thermometers are kept separately.

The working rooms of a chemist's include rooms for washing, drying, and sterilization of glassware; an analytical laboratory; a room for storing medicines; a room for dispensing drugs and some others.

At the chemists all medicines are kept in drug cabinets, on the open shelves and in the refrigerator. Poisonous drugs are kept in the drug cabinet with the letter A. Strong effective drugs are kept in the drug cabinet having the letter B.

Every small bottle or box has a label with the name of the medicine. There are labels of four colours for the drugs prepared at the chemist's: labels of a green colour indicate medicines for internal use; blue labels indicate drugs used for injections. Drugs for external application have labels of a yellow colour. Drugs used for treatment of eyes diseases have labels of a pink colour.

The personnel of an average chemist's consists of a manager of the chemist's, a dispensing pharmacist who takes prescription and delivers drugs, a chemist controlling the prescription. The personnel includes also a chemist analyst who controls effectiveness of the drug prepared at the chemist's as well as that of manufactured drugs.

There is also a pharmacist who is in charge of the supply of necessary medicines.

VII. Post-Reading Activities

1. Check how well your partner understands the text At the Pharmacy by asking him/her the following questions.

Use: Ithink...

I suppose...

I know...

1. On what floor are chemist's shops usually situated?

2. How many departments are there at every chemist's shop?

3. What things can you buy at the chemist department?

4. What is mainly sold at the prescription department?

5. How many rooms does a chemist's consist of?

6. Where are different drugs kept at the chemist's?

7. What is the colour of labels on bottles with drugs for external use?

8. Can we buy things for medical care at the chemist's?

9. What kinds of drags are there at the prescription department?

10.What can you say about the personnel of the chemist's?
11 .What does a manager of a chemist's do?

12.What does a dispensing pharmacist do?

13.What does a controller do?

14.What does a pharmacist of supply do?

2. Complete the dialogues disagreeing with your partner. Practise the dialogues.
Example:

A) l thought you said the drugs were for internal use.

B) No, quite the opposite, the drugs are for external use only.

1. A. Medicinal plants are usually stored in open shelves, aren't they? B. No, quite the opposite, they should be stored in...

2. A. You often use tranquillizers when you pass your exams, so I've heard. B. What? Who told you that, I do not...

3. A. So tell us about the new manager of our pharmacy. Good looking young man?

B. No, I'm afraid not, rather...

4. A. So, all drugs are sold without a prescription at the chemist's?

B. No, I'm afraid you're mistaken, a great amount of medicines are...

5. A. It's him who graduated from the school of Pharmacy?
B. No, apparently he's only...

3. Ask your partner which things from the matrix most typically go together. Underline any words that might be useful for describing a chemist's.