来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1600年后西方社会的流行病 第1集 第1集》
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but a history course.而是一门历史课 -
Epidemic diseases are biological events,虽然流行病是属于生物的类别 -
and we'll need to have some understanding of what they are,我们必须对什么是流行病有一定了解 -
where they come from, how they were transmitted,它们由什么引起 通过什么途径传播 -
how they affect the human body.对人体有什么影响 -
It would be inconceivable to study the history of medicine假如你没意识到疾病的医学和生物的方面 -
without coming to terms with the medical想学好医学历史 -
and biological aspects of disease.是不可能的 -
Indeed, one of our goals will be to examine major changes当然 我们学这门课的其中一个目的是 -
in medical thinking and philosophy.了解医学思想和哲学的主要变化 -
But the biology will be throughout in the background,但是生物学将会贯穿于这门课程的背景 -
and the exams and the papers will not test you specifically而且在考试中和你们要交的论文里