来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1600年后西方社会的流行病 第2集 第2集》
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And medication was important,药物是重要的 -
because they did practice,因为它们有效 -
Hippocratic physicians, internal medicine.希波克拉底派的医师 内科学 -
Examples were to promote evacuation by providing emetics,比如促进排出可以用催吐药 -
sudorifics, purgatives or diuretics.发汗药泻药或者利尿药 -
And most important perhaps was a primacy of venesection--最重要的或许是静脉切开术 -
by which I mean bloodletting or phlebotomy--我是说放血或者叫放血术 -
that became the hallmark of the orthodox physician.这成为了传统医师的标志 -
Medicine, in other words,换句话说药物 -
was conceived as a process of addition and subtraction,被认为是一种加法或减法的过程 -
adding what is wanting and subtracting what is in excess.添加想要的 减去过量的 -
Now, you may have your doubts about venesection.现在你可能对于静脉切开术有你的疑惑