Both Uses of
prescribe
in
The Poisonwood Bible
- She procured a good supply of antibiotic drugs from our granddad Dr. Bud Wharton, who has senile dementia and loves to walk outdoors naked but still can do two things perfectly: win at checkers and write out prescriptions.†
Chpt 1prescriptions = recommendations or requirements OR (from a medical doctor) instructions -- such as writing that a patient should take antibiotics
- Adults listen to you with half an ear, while the Biblical prescription "Physician, heal thyself!" rings in the other.†
Chpt 5 *prescription = a recommendation or requirement OR (from a medical doctor) an instruction -- such as writing that a patient should take antibiotics
Definition:
to recommend or require what should be done
or more specifically:
of a medical doctor: to give medical instructions -- such as writing that a patient should take antibiotics
or more specifically:
of a medical doctor: to give medical instructions -- such as writing that a patient should take antibiotics