She says it's possible the insects have antibacterial or soothing qualities—but this could also be a cultural practice.

她说这些虫可能有抗菌或镇痛的特性，但该行为可能是种文化实践。

And it sort of just offers this nocturnal soothing balm that smooths those painful, stinging edges of difficult experiences.

起到一种夜用镇痛剂的作用，可以减轻那些痛苦那些困苦的经历带来的刺痛。

And my throat got so painful from it that I couldn't even swallow tea with honey, which is usually soothing.

我的嗓嗽而疼痛不已，以致于咽不下我通常用来镇痛的加蜂蜜的茶。

The usual anodynes of social medicine became evident artifice.

社会医学常用的镇痛剂变得明显的诡计。

One big way is by exerting powerful pain relief to the rest of the body.

一种重要的方法是对身体的其他部位施加强大的镇痛作用。

Is he then necessarily wrong if he administers enough painkillers to kill?

那么如果这位医生使用足够的镇痛剂致使病人死亡，他就一定大错特错吗？

ELIE MYSTAL: So only the most kind of anodyne, Disneyfied , " I like soup! " Right?

埃利·米斯塔尔：所以只有最镇痛的方法，迪士尼化的，“我喜欢汤！”正确的？

I was upset. My mom can be a pretty good shoulder to cry on, if the smell of Bengay doesn't burn your eyes.

我时很伤心嘛 我妈强壮的臂弯还是挺适合靠着哭泣的 忽略她灼伤人眼的镇痛剂味道就行了。

Now, although the boom in prescription opioids started in the late 1990s, doctors have known about the pain-killing properties of opioids for hundreds of years.

尽管处方阿片类药物的繁荣始于20世纪90代末，但医生们对阿片类药物的镇痛特性已有数百的了解。

These included digitalin, a heart stimulant extracted from foxgloves, and salicin, the painkiller discovered in willow bark by British cleric Edward Stone in the 1760s and later manufactured as aspirin, the first mass-market painkiller.

其中包括毛地黄提取的心脏兴奋剂毛地黄毒苷，以及英国牧师爱德华·斯通于18世纪60代在柳树皮中发现并随后被制成阿司匹林的镇痛剂水杨苷，阿司匹林是首个大规模上市的镇痛药。

Similarly, suppose that a doctor does no wrong by withholding some treatment in order that death should come sooner rather than later. Is he then necessarily wrong if he administers enough painkillers to kill?

同样，再假设为了缩短而不是延长死亡到来的时间，医生终止某种治疗是无可指责的做法，那么如果这位医生使用足够的镇痛剂致使病人死亡，他就一定大错特错吗？