来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1600年后西方社会的流行病 第6集 第6集》

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  that smallpox was the worst of human maladies;
  人类能患上的最恐怖的疾病
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  that was a term that was said at the time.
  当时 这句话很流行
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  And this, in fact, was the view, closer to home,
  而这个评价 事实上是唐纳德·霍普金斯大夫
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  of the Illinois State Board of Health in 1902,
  于1902年在伊利诺伊州卫生局写下的
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  where Dr. Donald Hopkins wrote this:
  其原文摘录如下
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  "In the suddenness and unpredictability of its attack,
  从它突如其来的爆发
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  in the grotesque torture of its victims,
  对患者造成难以忍受的折磨
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  in the brutality of its lethal
  惨不忍睹的杀伤力
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  or disfiguring outcome,
  对人面容的损毁
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  and in the dread that it inspired,
  以及其散发的恐怖气氛来讲
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  smallpox is the worst.
  天花 是最恐怖的病毒
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  It's unique among human diseases."
  它的危害在人类疾病史上绝无仅有