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No. 144

Traditional Chinese medicine

For chest impediment with qi blockage in the chest and shortness of breath, Fu Ling Xing Ren Gan Cao Tang (Poria, Apricot Kernel, and Licorice Decoction) governs, Ju Zhi Jiang Tang (Tangerine Peel, Unripe Bitter Orange, and Ginger Decoction) also governs.

胸痹，胸中气塞，短气，茯苓杏仁甘草汤主之；橘枳姜汤亦主之。

Medical Story Show

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Glands normal. Missing her vaccination dates.

腺体正常 她没有接种疫苗

We're not vaccinating.

我不会让她接种疫苗的

Think they don't work?觉得疫苗没用是吗

I think some multinational pharmaceutical company我觉得是某些国际制药公司

wants me to think they work想让我以为疫苗有用

pad their bottom line.好让他们赚钱

May I? Sure.可以吗 当然

Yeah. All natural, no dyes is a good business.全天然 不含化工染料 真是好做的生意

All natural children's toys.全天然儿童玩具

Toy companies they don't arbitrarily mark up their frogs.玩具公司 他们不会随便涨价

They don't lie about how much they spend on research and development.也不会在研究和开发的花销上做文章

The worst that a toy company一个玩具公司 最糟的情况不过是

could be accused of is making a really boring frog.因为做了个无聊的青蛙而被人指控罢了

You know another really good business?知道另一个很好做的生意是什么吗

Teeny, tiny baby coffins.小巧袖珍的婴儿棺材

You can get 'em in frog green可以刷上青蛙绿的漆

fire engine red really.消防车红色也行 真的

The antibodies in yummy Mummy only protect the kid for six months母乳里的抗体只能保护小孩 6 个月

which is why these companies think they can gouge you.所以这些公司才觉得他们能从你那捞一笔

They think他们觉得

that you'll spend whatever they ask to keep your kid alive.为了让自己孩子活下去 你不惜付出一切

Want to change things? Prove 'em wrong.想改变现状吗 证明他们错了

Few hundred parents like you decide they'd rather数百对父母跟你一样 决定宁愿

let their kid die让自己的孩子死掉

than cough up 40 bucks for a vaccination也不想掏那 40 块的疫苗钱

believe me, prices will drop really fast.相信我 疫苗的价钱一定飞降

Tell me what she has.她到底得了什么病

A cold.感冒

There's a problem.出问题了

Complications in surgery? Surgery went fine.He's in recovery.手术并发症吗 手术很顺利 他在康复中

But we took a vial of C.S.F. And tested it.不过我们取了一瓶脑脊液 做了测试

Really?是嘛

Turns out the bowing wasn't the cause of his problems. It was a symptom.结果显示弯曲并不是病因 是症状

Oligoclonal bands寡克隆带弯曲

and increased intrathecal IgG.而且脊髓腔内免疫球蛋白 G 数量增加

Which means multiple sclerosis.意味着是多发性硬化症

And the reason it takes three of you to tell me this?还有为什么你们三个一起来通知我

Because we're having a disagreement about whether or not it is M.S.因为在多发性硬化症问题上我们意见不合

No lesions on the M.R.I.核磁共振并没有显示病灶

It's early. He's had the disease for maybe two weeks.还太早 他才患病 2 周左右

McDonald criteria requires six months to make a definitive diagnosis.麦克唐纳诊断标准要求用六个月 来确诊

Who cares about MacPhearson?谁在乎麦克皮尔森

I hear he tortured kittens. McDonald.我听说他虐待小猫 是麦克唐纳

Oh, McDonald. Wonderful doctor, loved kittens.噢 麦克唐纳 超赞的医生 爱惜小猫

The V.E.P. indicates slowing of the brain.视觉诱发电位检查显示出大脑运转减速

——From《House M.D》

重点词汇（Vocabulary）

1. gland [ɡlænd] n. 腺

2. dye [daɪ] n. 染料

3. arbitrarily [ˈɑrbɪˌtrɛrəli] adv. 任意(性)的

4. gouge [ɡaʊdʒ] v. 敲(某人)的竹杠

5. intrathecal adj. 鞘内的

6. sclerosis [skləˈroʊsɪs] n. 硬化

7. impediment [ɪmˈpedɪmənt] n.妨碍;阻碍;障碍;口吃;结巴

8. blockage [ˈblɑːkɪdʒ] n. 堵塞；封锁；妨碍

9. shortness of breath 呼吸短促;呼吸困难

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