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 ; 此樣病醫難好
 * Chí-khí pēⁿ ui oh-hó
 * This kind of sickness is difficult to cure.


 * 着請西國先生來醫正能好
 * Tiéh-chhiáⁿ Sai-kok sin-seⁿ lâi ui chiàⁿ-õi-hó
 * You must get a European doctor to cure you, otherwise you will not be cured.


 * 先生. 請爾開張藥方
 * Sin-seⁿ, chhiáⁿ-lṳ́ khui-tieⁿ iéh-hng
 * Doctor, please make out a prescription.


 * 我來去醫館携藥
 * Uá lâi-khṳ̀ ui-kuán khiéh-iéh
 * I will go to the hospital and get the medicine.


 * 用雞毛抹
 * Ēng koi-môⁿ buah
 * Apply it with a fowl's feather.


 * 手勿摸着
 * Chhiú màiⁿ-thãng--tiéh
 * Don't touch it with the fingers.


 * 爾有何冒病
 * Lṳ́ ũ sĩ-mîh mâuⁿ-pēⁿ?
 * What sickness have you?


 * 縻脚
 * Mîⁿ-kha
 * A bad leg.


 * 縻至今有巳久了
 * Mîⁿ-kàu-taⁿ ũ jiéh-kú--lō?
 * How long has it been ulcerated.


 * 有成年
 * U^ chiâⁿ-nîⁿ
 * About a year.


 * 會癢或袂
 * Ōi-chiẽⁿ a-bõi?
 * Does it itch?


 * 若是會癢不可搔
 * Nãⁿ-sĩ õi-chiẽⁿ m̄-móⁿ pê
 * If it itches, you mustn't scratch it.


 * 歸去. 着尅苦奈
 * Kui-khṳ̀, tiéh khah-khóu nãiⁿ
 * Let it be, you must do your best to bear it.


 * 每明早. 起來. 用此藥水洗
 * Chék-mêng-khí khí-lâi-kâu ēng chiá iéh-tsúi sói
 * When you get up in the morning, wash it with this lotion.


 * 伊個病重
 * I-kâi pēⁿ tãng
 * His illness is serious.


 * 甚着力. 要死
 * Tih-lát-tsãi, àiⁿ-sí
 * Very serious, almost dying.


 * 無救了
 * Bô-kiù--lō
 * There is no hope, (lit. there is no salvation.)


 * 不可亂食
 * Màiⁿ-thèng-chiáh
 * Don't be eating what you shouldn't eat.


 * 食粥配鹹梅則可
 * Chiáh-mûeⁿ phùe kiâm-bûe chiũ-hó
 * Take congee with salted plums.