The chemist’s you can see a large hall and two departments in it: one for reception of prescriptions and delivery of drugs. It is called a prescription department

Topic: AT THE PHARMACY (AT THE CHEMIST’S SHOP)
Chemist’s shops (pharmacies) are specialized shops where medicines and medical items are sold. Chemist’s shops are usually situated on the first floor. They must have proper working and subsidiary rooms.
When you enter the chemist’s you can see a large hall and two departments in it: one for reception of prescriptions and delivery of drugs. It is called a prescription department. The other one is called a chemist’s department. In this department you can buy drugs, different medical items, toilet articles, etc.
At the chemist’s all medicines are kept in drug cabinets, on the open shelves and in the refrigerator. Poisonous drugs are kept in the drug cabinet with the letter A. Strong effective drugs are kept in the drug cabinet having the letter B.
At the chemist’s department medicines are distributed according to the therapeutic effect: drugs for cough, cardiac medicines, drugs for headache. Disinfectants, herbs and things for medical care such as hot-water bottles, medicine droppers, cups, thermometers are packed separately.
In the prescription department you can see drugs of all kinds: boxes and parcels of different powders, ampoules of glucose and camphor used for intramuscular and intravenous injections; tubes of ointments for rubbing, different pills and tablets for internal use; tonics and sedatives administered internally.
The personnel of an average chemist’s consist of a manager of the chemist’s, a dispensing pharmacist who takes prescriptions and delivers drugs, a chemist who controls the prescriptions. A chemist-analyst controls effectiveness of the drugs prepared at the chemist’s as well as of manufactured drugs. There is also a pharmacist who is in charge of the supply of necessary medicines and its replenishing.
Answer the questions:

1. 
   What are chemist’s shops?
   
2. 
   Where are they usually situated?
   
3. 
   What rooms do they have?
   
4. 
   What departments can you find at the chemist’s shop?
   
5. 
   Where are medicines kept at the chemist’s?
   
6. 
   What can you see in the prescription department?
   
7. 
   Who works at the chemist’s shop?