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LESSON XI.—Medical.
- This man is a doctor.
- How many doctors are there here?
- Are there any Chinese doctors?
- I am not very well to-day.
- What is the matter with you?
- My head aches.
- Have you been sick?
- I have not.
- Have you anything else the matter?
- I have also the stomach-ache.
- This is not serious.
- Take a little medicine.
- What medicine ought I to take?
- Wait till I get back to the hospital.
- And I will send a man with some for you.
- This man has fever.
- I have fever and ague.
- Is your throat dry?
- It is.
- Don't drink so much water.
- Take a little chicken broth.
- When the fever has gone it won't be dry.
- Does he cough?
- At times he does, at times he doesn't.
- Does he drink?
- I am afraid he smokes opium.
- Perhaps he does.
- He is a strong man.
- Has he taken the stop-opium-pills?
- He says they are no use.
- How does he know if they are of use or not?
- His disease can't be cured.
