Question

Answer the following questions:

1. Why should medicines not be taken without consulting a doctor?

2. What is meant by 'broad spectrum antibiotics'?

3. What are the main constituents of Dettol?

Answer 1

1. Because medicines can cause harm to human body. If a person does not know its physiological function on body.
2. Antibiotics which kill or inhibit a wide range of gram positive and gram negative bacteria, are called broad spectrum antibiotics.
3. Dettol is mixture of chloroxylenol and a-terpineol in a suitable solvent.