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

我当时嘛 我妈强壮臂弯还是挺适合靠着哭泣 忽略她灼人眼镇痛剂味道就行了。

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

我嗓子因咳嗽而疼痛不已，以致于咽不下我通常用来镇痛加蜂蜜茶。

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作用，可以减轻那些痛苦那些困苦经历带来刺痛。

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

她说这些虫子可能有抗菌或镇痛特性，但该行为可能是种文化实践。

The usual anodynes of social medicine became evident artifice.

社会医学常用镇痛剂变得明显诡计。

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

一种重要方法是对身体其他部位施加强大镇痛作用。

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.

其中包黄提取脏兴奋剂黄毒苷，以及英国牧师爱德华·斯通于18世纪60年代在柳树皮中发现并随后被制成阿司匹林镇痛剂水杨苷，阿司匹林是首个大规模上市镇痛药。

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繁荣始于20世纪90年代末，但医生们对阿片类药物镇痛特性已有数百年了解。

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

埃利·米斯塔尔：所以只有最镇痛方法，迪士尼化，“我喜欢汤！”正确？

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

那么如果这位医生使用足够镇痛剂致使病人死亡，他就一定大错特错吗？

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时间，医生终止某种治疗是无可指责做法，那么如果这位医生使用足够镇痛剂致使病人死亡，他就一定大错特错吗？