来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1600年后西方社会的流行病 第12集 第12集》

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  And there was a new philanthropy,
  有一种新的仁慈
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  and religious orders that took over their care.
  和宗教规定取代了他们的关心
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  Let's look for a moment at some of the treatment regimens that
  我们来看看一些治疗方法
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  were also important in this disease.
  这些治疗方法对这疾病也很重要
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  One was the beginning--it began,
  一个是开始
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  the most common treatment regimen, with a forty-day period,
  最普遍的治疗方法 它的开头有四十天
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  beginning with fasting, and then the administration of mercury,
  开始于斋戒 然后是服用水银
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  which had been used in the treatment of skin disorders
  水银曾被用于皮肤病症的治疗数个世纪
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  over the centuries, diseases such as scabies.
  比如疥疮
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  So, mercury was sometimes applied--
  水银有时用于
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  it was applied in lots of different ways.
  它有很多中不同的用途
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  Disparate remedies for a desperate disease.
  对险症的不同的治疗