Tom does not feel well. He has a high temperature, a sore throat, and a headache. He calls his doctor and makes an appointment for the same afternoon. At the doctor's surgery, the nurse takes his temperature — it is 39°C. The doctor examines him and asks: 'How long have you felt like this?' Tom says: 'Since yesterday morning.' The doctor diagnoses a throat infection and writes a prescription. 'Take these antibiotics twice a day for seven days,' she says. 'Rest and drink plenty of water. You should feel better in three or four days.' Tom goes to the pharmacy to collect his medicine.

💡 Did you know? The stethoscope was invented in 1816 by French doctor René Laennec, who rolled paper into a tube to listen to a patient's heart. Before this, doctors pressed their ear directly against the patient's chest.