Question

Vocabulary in Context

In Britain’s North American colonies, university trained physicians were at a premium. At the time of the Revolution, there were probably only around 400 physicians and some 3,000 practitioners who had on-the-job training as barber-surgeons or physicians’ apprentices. Whether university trained or not, none had much knowledge of the causes of disease, and the “cures” they often recommended–bleeding, blistering, and the use of violent purgatives–were at best ineffective and at worst lethal.

1. The phrase “at a premium” in the paragraph is closest in meaning to

(1 point)

well-paid

not very numerous

very experienced

not well-respected

Answer 1

not very numerous