$课文28 病人与医生

502. This is a sceptical age,

这是一个怀疑一切的时代，

503. but although our faith in many of the things in which our forefathers fervently believed has weakened,

可是虽然我们对我们祖先笃信的许多事物已不太相信，

504. our confidence in the curative properties of the bottle of medicine remains the same a theirs.

我们对瓶装药品疗效的信心仍与祖辈一样坚定。

505. This modern faith in medicines is proved the fact that the annual drug bill of the Health Services is mounting to astronomical figures and shows no signs at present of ceasing to rise.

卫生部门的处度药费上升到了天文数字，并且目前尚无停止上升的迹象，这个事实证实了现代人对药物的依赖。

506. The majority of the patients attending the medical out-patients departments of our hospitals feel

在医院门诊部看病的大多数人觉得，

507. that they have not received adequate treatment unless they are able to carry home with them some tangible remedy in the shape of a bottle of medicine,

如果不能带回一些看得见、摸得着的药物，如一瓶药水，一盒药丸、一小瓶药膏回家的话，就没算得到了充分的治疗。

508. a box of pills, or a small jar of ointment,and the doctor in charge of the department is only too ready to provide them with these requirements.

负责门诊的医生也非常乐意为前来看病的人提供他们想要得到的药物，