was to assist the body in expelling

帮助身体排出
what was called the peccant humor responsible,

导致相应病症的体液
or the morbific poison.

或致病的毒
The physician regarded his task as one of assisting Nature,

医师认为自己的工作之一是辅助自然
as the body was already clearly attempting to expel the poison.

因为人的身体一直在试图排出毒素
After all, it was vomiting, there was diarrhea and sweating.

毕竟呕吐腹泻流汗都是在排毒
So, physicians attempted to assist the body in its fight;

因此医师努力帮助患者与疾病抗争
perhaps directly by bleeding, a very popular therapy,

可能会直接放血这是一种通用疗法
although there were intense debates about timing,

尽管对此存在激烈争论如放血的定时
about the best veins to be opened,

最好的放血静脉
and the amount of blood to be drawn.

还有放血量等
Other key practices were administering powerful purgatives or emetics,

其它重点疗法有给患者吃强泻药或催吐剂