At a chemist's.
pharmacy - аптека
chemist - аптекарь
department - отдел
chemist’s department - ручной отдел
prescription department - рецептурный отдел
When we need a medicine, we must go to a pharmacy
(chemist’s shop).
At the pharmacy there are two departments: a chemist’s department and a prescription department. At the chemist’s department one can have the medicine right away. At the prescription department drugs have to be ordered. All the drugs are kept in drug cabinet.
Every bottle or a box has a label with the name of the medicine.
The label are of three colours: white, yellow, and blue.
White to indicate drugs for internal use.
Yellow ones are stick to indicate drugs for external use.
Blue labels indicate drugs for injections. The dose to be taken is usually indicated on a signature or a label. Before using the medicine every patient must know well that he is taking the right one in the correct dosage.
When we come to the pharmacy we see many drug cabinets.
In the drug cabinets there are small parcels of different powders, ampules. There are many tubes of healing ointments, different pills, sedatives and tonics, vitamins, sleeping draughts, laxatives, bottles of iodine and so on.
We go to the prescription department and hand in the prescription for the cough mixture and other drugs.I receive five bottles of penicillin, the cough mixture. The chemist adviсe me to keep the cough mixture in a cool place and shake it before using.