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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Well, empirical observation in time of plague在瘟疫时期 -
gave rise not only to spontaneous reactions不仅自发反应的经验观测值上升了 -
that we've described but also to a new idea正如我们之前说过的 -
that began to spread alongside medical orthodoxy--还开始伴随着正统医学兴起一个新想法 -
a new idea, the idea of contagion.也就是传染病学 -
That somehow the plague spread in an unspecified manner它认为瘟疫也许是通过一个非特定的方式 -
from person to person.在人和人之间传播 -
This idea was largely rejected for centuries这个想法在几个世纪里都被 -
by learned official medicine,学识渊博的正式医学反对 -
which clung to the older idea of miasmatism正统医学坚持认为伽林的毒气说 -
of Galen and his system.说明了传播的途径 -
But it became an important idea in popular culture,但是后来这个新想法被大众认可