15-06-18 Typhoid Mary 伤寒带菌者；疾病传播者；坏事传播者 在现代用法中，Typhoid Mary常常用来表示不受欢迎的意见、不良情绪或态度的传播者之类的意思。《牛津英语辞典》词条中收录的有关此种喻义的最早用法可追溯至1913年。在此之前，Mallon的用法一直局限在用于永久隔离（p...

15-06-10 Health authorities have announced that China's first-ever MERS case remains in stable condition. 中国卫生当局宣布，国内首例中东呼吸综合症患者目前情况稳定。 The patient, a South Korean, is still receiving medical treatment in Huizhou city, Guangdong...

15-05-25 The patient was recovering after an operation. His friend came to visit him and asked how he was getting along. Well, the patient began, after my first operation they had to cut me open again. The doctor had to take out the sponge left in me. But yo...

14-12-30 A female healthcare worker on Monday was confirmed as having Ebola after returning to Glasgow in central Scotland from Sierra Leone on Sunday night, the Scottish government said. 苏格兰政府宣布，一位女性卫生工作者周日晚上从塞拉利昂返回苏格兰中部城市...

14-12-09 During a visit to the mental asylum, a visitor asked the Director what the criterion was which defined whether or not a patient should be institutionalized. Well, said the Director, we fill up a bathtub, then we offer a teaspoon,a teacup and a bucke...

14-06-26 An old man went to the doctor and began to pour out his problems. As the doctor asked more about what was the matter with him, the old man said, Well Doc, after I get to the first, I'm very, very tired. After the second, I feel all in（疲乏到极点）...

14-06-26 A doctor told his patient there was nothing really the matter with him. All you requir is more outdoor life, walk two or three miles regularly everyday. By the way, what's your business? I'm a letter-carrier. the patient answered. 医生告诉他的病人说...

14-04-14 A medical student was called on to state how much of a certain drug he would give to a patient. He promptly replied: Five grains. A minute later the student asked the professor, May I correct my answer? The professor looked at his watch and said: It...

14-01-23 Psychiatrist: What's your problem? Patient: I think I'm a chicken. Psychiatrist: How long has this been going on? Patient: Ever since I was an egg! 精神病医师：你哪里不舒服？ 病人：我认为我是一只鸡。 精神病医师：这种情况从什么时候开始的？ 病人：从我...

13-12-27 An artificial heart that can give patients up to five years of extra life has been successfully implanted for the first time. 法国巴黎蓬皮杜医院医生成功地为病人体内植入一颗能为他延长寿命5年的人工心脏。 The heart, powered by watch-style batteries tha...