来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1600年后西方社会的流行病 第9集 第9集》
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for Asiatic cholera in india,亚细亚霍乱患者 -
and he wanted to demon- the problem was this要注意的是 -
was a time in medical history那时候 在医学史上 -
when there were racial ideas of disease,是对于疾病充满了大胆想法的时代 -
and it was thought the fact当时人们觉得 -
that he had discovered this with Indian bodies虽然他为印度人发现了有效疗法 -
would have nothing to do with European bodies.但这跟欧洲人一点关系都没有 -
So, partly for humanitarian reasons一部分出于人文因素 -
and partly for scientific reasons,一部分出于科学因素 -
he was looking for an outbreak他在等待 -
of cholera in the West,霍乱在西方爆发 -
in which he could apply his therapeutics这样他就可以运用自己的疗法