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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  Then there was purging and bloodletting.
  泄泻和放血
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  There was also the administration of opiates,
  给予鸦片制剂
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  in the nineteenth century, and especially morphine,
  在十九世纪 尤其是吗啡
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  to calm the patient in delirium.
  让病人在谵妄中安静下来
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  Astringent eye drops were resorted to.
  收敛剂滴眼剂很常用
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  A particularly perverse theory, with no empirical basis,
  一个特殊的错误理论 没有实验基础
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  was the idea that scarring on the face could be reduced or
  认为脸上的疤痕可以减少或是防止
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  prevented by causing more intense irritation of the skin
  通过更高强度的刺激皮肤的其他地方
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  elsewhere; so that mustard plasters,
  所以芥子硬膏
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  mercury and corrosives were applied on the back,
  水银和腐蚀剂被用在后背上
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  in order to save the face.
  为了挽救脸
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  There were also all kinds of local applications to the face,
  脸上的各种各样的局部用药