来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1600年后西方社会的流行病 第14集 第14集》

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  against the natural occurring rabies.
  预防自然发生的狂犬病
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  Rabies was not a high impact disease,
  从患病人数来说
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  in terms of numbers of people it affected,
  狂犬病影响力并不是很大
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  but it was a disease of high drama,
  但这是一种非常严重的疾病
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  and one that was then, and still is, universally fatal.
  不论在那时或是现在的世界上 都是
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  So, it was ideal for attracting media attention.
  致命的 所以适合用来引起媒体关注
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  The great human trial occurred in July 1885,
  重要的人类实验发生在1885年七月
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  with a famous case of a nine-year-old boy,Joseph Meister,
  这个著名的实验里有个九岁男孩
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  who had been severely bitten by a rabid dog
  约瑟夫·米斯特被一只疯狗严重咬伤
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  and was thought to be certain to die an agonizing death.
  人们都认为他会在痛苦中死去
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  But taking advantage of the incubation period for rabies,
  但巴斯德利用了狂犬病的潜伏期
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  Pasteur vaccinated the boy with his attenuated rabies virus.
  给男孩注射了减弱毒性的狂犬病毒