--- title: Medicines, doctors and hospitals — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Medicines, doctors and hospitals», a lesson of the world course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: A medicine is a substance that helps the body fight an illness, eases pain or prevents a disease; the right amount, called the dose, helps, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/94-medicines-doctors-hospitals/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/) / Medicines, doctors and hospitals # Medicines, doctors and hospitals Lesson 94 of the world course of Mova's primary school: 18 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/world/94-medicines-doctors-hospitals/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/94-medicines-doctors-hospitals/0/) — A medicine is a substance that helps the body fight an illness, eases pain or prevents a disease; the right amount, called the dose, helps, but too much can be dangerous. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/94-medicines-doctors-hospitals/1/) — Medicines should only be taken when a trusted adult gives them, following the instructions from a doctor, a pharmacist or the label — some pills look like sweets but can make you very ill. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/94-medicines-doctors-hospitals/2/) — Many people care for our health: family doctors find out what is wrong, nurses look after patients, pharmacists prepare and explain medicines, surgeons operate and dentists care for teeth. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/94-medicines-doctors-hospitals/3/) — Doctors use tools to see inside us without cutting: a stethoscope to listen to the heart and lungs, a thermometer to check for fever and X-rays to see bones. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/94-medicines-doctors-hospitals/4/) — Example: before a new medicine is sold, it is tested on many volunteers and compared with a dummy pill to make sure that it really works and is safe. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/94-medicines-doctors-hospitals/5/) — A dose is the amount of medicine to take and how often. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/94-medicines-doctors-hospitals/6/) — Too much of a medicine can be harmful, even if the right amount helps. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/94-medicines-doctors-hospitals/7/) — Children should take medicine only from a trusted adult, following the instructions. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/94-medicines-doctors-hospitals/8/) — Antibiotics kill bacteria but not viruses, such as the viruses that cause colds. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/94-medicines-doctors-hospitals/9/) — A course of antibiotics should be finished as the doctor says, even when you feel better, because some bacteria may still be alive. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/94-medicines-doctors-hospitals/10/) — A pharmacist prepares medicines and explains how to take them safely. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/94-medicines-doctors-hospitals/11/) — A surgeon is a doctor who operates on the body. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/94-medicines-doctors-hospitals/12/) — A stethoscope lets a doctor listen to the heart and lungs. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/94-medicines-doctors-hospitals/13/) — X-rays pass through soft parts of the body but not through bones, so bones show up in an X-ray picture. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/94-medicines-doctors-hospitals/14/) — An anaesthetic stops a patient feeling pain during an operation. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/94-medicines-doctors-hospitals/15/) — A fever is a body temperature above about 38 degrees Celsius. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/94-medicines-doctors-hospitals/16/) — New medicines are tested carefully on many volunteers before they are sold. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/94-medicines-doctors-hospitals/17/) — Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, the first widely used antibiotic, in 1928. - ← previous: [Lungs, air and keeping fit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/93-lungs-air-keeping-fit/) - next →: [Money, shops and work in a town](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/95-money-shops-work-town/) - ↑ back to [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/)