江湖郎中

By riding on about eight or nine miles farther, however, this wonder is a little diminished; for here we come to one of the devouring WENS: namely, CHELTENHAM, which is what they call a "watering place", that is to say, a place to which East India plunderers, West India floggers, English taxgorgers, together with gluttons, drunkards, and debauchees of all descriptions, female as well as male, resort, at the suggestion of silently laughing quacks, in the hope of getting rid of the bodily consequences of their manifold sins and iniquities.

但是再向前骑八九英里，这神奇之感就破灭了；原来我们已到达一个毒瘤似的害人地方，名叫却尔特能，所谓温泉胜地是也。这地方充满了东印度的劫掠者，西印度的奴隶主，英国的税吏、吃客、酒鬼、淫棍，各色各样，男女俱全。他们听了一些窃窃暗笑的江湖郎中的鬼话，以为在做了多少丑事，一身孽障，可以到此一洗而净！

One day, a doctor suggested she eat hawthorns with hot sugar syrup for the next 15 days. The concubine followed his advice and got much better.

一日，一个江湖郎中进宫，说只要将&棠球子&与热的糖浆煎熬，服用半月后病准会好。

There is some semblance of truth to the charging of clothing with the power of the Holy Spirit for healing, but there are some who have gone into the handkerchief business as charlatans and pretenders.

衣服充满圣灵医治的力量是一些真理的外观，但是出现有一些人就做手帕的生意好像江湖郎中和骗子一样。

Some specialists have argued that for most of human history, doctors did more harm than good to their patients: whether acting cynically as snake-oil salesmen of patented cures or out of well-intended but often misguided intuition and limited understanding.

一些专家提出，在人类历史上大多数时期，医生对患者是弊大于利：或者行事乖戾，就像招摇撞骗的江湖郎中在推销专利疗法；或者本意良好，但常常直觉错误，了解不足。

In the United States, chronic alcoholism and hepatitis C are the most common ones.

在美国，慢性酒精中毒，肝炎是最常见的。

If you have any questions, you can contact me anytime.

如果有任何问题，你可以随时联系我。