OCR, Unit 3, Lesson 2: Study Guide
THE HUMAN HEART & DR DANIEL HALE WILLIAMS

The /k/ Sound.

picnic

attack

bucket

check

frantic

heroic

lucky

nickel

picket

poetic

ticket

rocket

socket

plastic

attic

cart

condition

calm

tracks

sidewalks

Vocabulary (Narrative is from: Sure Hands, Strong Heart: The Life of Daniel Hale Williams, by Lillie Patterson)

1. toll

2. [heat] prostration

3. immaculate

4. retired

5. intern

6. pulse

7. lapsing

8. shock

9. fatal

10. eminent

11. suture

12. colleagues

13. condemnation

14. intimidate

15. asepsis

16. anesthesia

17. taut

18. scalpel

19. incision

20. precision

vital

meticulously

interracial

 

 

Language of the Discipline: Medical Terminology
  1. cartilage
  1. artery
  1. sternum
  1. pericardium
  1. thorax
  1. asepsis
  1. perspiration
  1. wound
  1. suture
  1. coronary artery
  1. making “rounds”
  1. heat prostration
  1. pulse
  1. scalpel
  1. fibrous sac
  1. forceps
  1. hemorrhage
  1. dressing
  1. symptoms
  1. serum
  1. artificial transfusion

 

 

 

 

 

Group Assignments:

Assignment #1----- For words 1--20, define each vocabulary word. Use the Anthology as your first source. Write in cursive and underline or highlight the vocabulary word.

Assignment #2----- For each of the words, 7—14, write a sentence which clearly explains what the term means.

 

Assignment #3----- Answer Study Guide Questions: 1--6 ; Advanced Group. Answer #4 in a thoughtful, clear and detailed paragraph.

Assignment #4---Study for a detailed vocabulary test.

 

Study Guide Questions (Remember that all papers that you turn in are used in assessing your writing proficiency.)

(Focus: When do doctors know that it’s the right time to operate? Do doctors ever get scared?)

Note: Be able to describe the functions of the body organs discussed in the narrative. You should be able to “write Mr. Cornish’s medical chart.”

1. What is the time/place setting of the narrative and what is unusual about it?

2. What caused James Cornish and “Dr. Dan” to meet?

3. If Dr. Dan lived in our time what would be different about his initial (first) treatment of Mr. Cornish?

4. Dr. Dan took a great professional risk—what was it and why did he decide to take that risk?

5. What helped prepare Dr. Dan for this important surgery?

6. Why might Louis Pasteur have approved of Dr. Dan’s surgical procedures?