来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1600年后西方社会的流行病 第4集 第4集》
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medical theory at the time当时的医药理论 -
sanctioned this particular reaction,认可了 或者说 -
or led to it logically.逻辑上造成了这种反应 -
Because epidemics and humoral theory,因为流行病和体液理论 -
as you now know,如我们现在所知 -
were caused by an imbalance in the humors,是由体液的不平衡引起的 -
triggered by a poisoned air,由有毒的空气 -
one of the "Six unnaturals," A miasma.即六个非自然因素之一的毒气引发 -
In other words,换句话说 -
the disease was tied to the air这种疾病与特定的地点 -
around a given locality,周围的空气有关 -
and so it made perfect good sense,因此当时人们继承的医学理论