What were--if that's what the disease looked like--

如果就是那样的疾病
what were some of its effects on society?

它对社会的影响是什么
Well, because of its mode of transmission,

因为这种疾病的传染模式
syphilis was associated with terrible social effects,

梅毒有可怕的社会影响
with anxiety, guilt, pain, broken relationships,

和忧虑罪行痛苦和关系的破裂有关
breakdowns in trust within families, infertility among women.

家庭中的信任的瓦解妇女的不育
And like the plague,

如瘟疫
and unlike some of the diseases that we'll be studying,

不像我们研究的一些疾病
syphilis was no respecter of persons, of social class or status.

对任何人任何社会阶层或身份的人都一样
We might perhaps ironically call it a democratic disease,

我们可以讽刺地称之为民主的疾病
in that it afflicted everyone, from the bottom of the social scale,

因为它影响每个人从社会阶层的底层
to aristocrats, learned professionals,

到贵族博学的专家