首页
登录
职称英语
Every Western doctor is required to take the Hippocratic oath, by which they
Every Western doctor is required to take the Hippocratic oath, by which they
游客
2023-09-16
34
管理
问题
Every Western doctor is required to take the Hippocratic oath, by which they swear to never harm their patients. Unfortunately, as medical history shows, many doctors did not make good on this promise. Instead, they resorted to quackery(庸医的医术),and made a living out of fooling people who sought medical help.
In the past, quack doctors claimed to have "fixed" problems from poor eyesight to cancer and smallpox(天花). They claimed to be able to work medical miracles, relying on public ignorance of medicine for their "success". In addition, well-meaning doctors often advocated treatments that harmed their patients instead of helping them: procedures such as bloodletting often made worse the suffering they were intended to ease.
The typical feature of quackery is ignorance. Unwary people are easily taken in by claims of the doctors they trust. For example, in the 1800s, psychologists commonly used basket-shaped devices to determine personality, with questionable benefit. Based on the idea that different parts of the brain control different character traits, the devices determined personality by measuring the size and shape of people’s heads!
Of all the ridiculous devices created by quacks, the most inventive was perhaps the "radionic" machine. In the early 1900s, quacks claimed radionics could diagnose any sickness, even though the devices were just wooden boxes with lights inside. After radionic diagnosis, patients were sent home with the assurance that they would get well. No medicine was prescribed because, quacks claimed, the radionic machine would broadcast the cure to patients, much like radio stations broadcast music!
The quackery of the 19th and early 20th centuries was not limited to the use of strange devices, nor to crooked doctors. Nor were quack procedures anything new.
The practice of bloodletting had been a popular treatment for over a millennium. In the name of medicine, large volumes of blood were drained from people’s bodies to cure their sicknesses. Death, more often than not, was the outcome, though usually the disease was blamed rather than the loss of blood.
It’s easy to look back on the past and brand questionable medical procedures as quackery. However, hindsight(事后诸葛亮)is 20/20. Perhaps in the future, people will look back on some of today’s medical practices with similar suspicion.
选项
答案
public ignorance
解析
由题干中的take advantage of定位到文章第2段第2句They claimed to be able to work medical miracles, relying on public ignorance of medicine for their “success”。此处需要填入名词性成分,作take advantage of的宾语。题目中的take advantage of与文中的rely on同义,因此应填入public ignorance。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3019483.html
相关试题推荐
Ifyouarenotabletoattendyourappointmentwithyourdoctor,orneedtochan
Lifeexpectancyisrisinginmuchoftheworld.Butdoctorsareseeinganoth
Thispartistotestyourabilitytodopracticalwriting.Youarerequiredtow
Thispartistotestyourabilitytodopracticalwriting.Youarerequiredtow
Thispartistotestyourabilitytodopracticalwriting.Youarerequiredtow
Thispartistotestyourabilitytodopracticalwriting.Youarerequiredtow
Thispartistotestyourabilitytodopracticalwriting.Youarerequiredtowr
Thispartistotestyourabilitytodopracticalwriting.Youarerequiredtow
Thispartistotestyourabilitytodopracticalwriting.Youarerequiredtow
Thispartistotestyourabilitytodopracticalwriting.Youarerequiredtow
随机试题
Describeatimewhenyouhelpedsomeone.Youshouldsay:whoyouhelpedandwhy
下列属于可以获得实用新型专利权的主题是()。A.一种经批准用于国防安全而设计
下述哪种药物与氨基糖苷类抗生素合用可能出现呼吸抑制或呼吸停止()A:西咪替丁
下列关于商业银行经济资本的描述,最恰当的是( )。A.经济资本主要用于应对风险
下列关于信托法律关系的主体,说法错误的是()。A.信托法律关系的主体一般包
建设工程项目信息管理手册的主要内容包括( )等。A、信息的编码体系和编码 B
发霉花生产生的毒素与下列哪种肿瘤关系最为密切()。A.原发性肺癌 B.食管癌
2009-74.天枢穴的定位是 A.脐旁0.5寸B.脐旁1寸C.脐旁2寸
史学原以记述近现代事实为主要任务,任何时代的近现代史都是史学家的研究中心。史学容
(2018年真题)下列民事主体中,属于特别法人的是( )。A.特殊的普通合伙企
最新回复
(
0
)