"Doctor" faces charges after fatal snakebite

时间：2007-06-25 06:30:14

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Hangzhou, June 24 - A traditional Chinese medicine practitioner1 who never held a doctor's license2 is facing charges after his patient died following a snake bite in east China's Zhejiang Province.

 

Investigations3 by police and doctors at a hospital in Xiaoshan found practitioner He Ling administered treatment which had toxic4 side effects to his patient.

 

Authorities also say the patient, a villager surnamed Yu, wasted valuable time by not getting modern medical help after she was bitten on a hillside in September 2006.

 

Yu's feet swelled5 that night and she later visited He Ling with her husband, as the medicine man said he had a good reputation among other villagers for treating such bites.

 

He Ling claimed he had never failed and had 40 years' experience. Aged6 in his 60s, he hails from a herbalist family and said he was confident it was a pallas pit viper7 bite.

 

He used cupping treatment to free the venom8, pressed some herbs on Yu's wound, and prescribed an oral medicine he said was a family secret and not found in any books.

 

The couple were told the medicine was a sacred recipe handed down through generations of his family and had never been recorded in any traditional medicine books.

 

Yu returned to the clinic every three days and was given medicine that was never weighed but measured out by hand, her widowed husband said.

 

About a month later, Yu's condition worsened and her family took her to the Xiaoshan No.1 People's Hospital. She died eight days later.

 

The hospital ruled her caused of death as being by medicine which triggered or delayed the venom and caused acute liver failure.

 

Outraged9 family remembers went to He's house and argued, and he phoned the police. He later confessed he never expected to fail.

 

The practitioner said he had specialized10 in snakebite treatment since his 20s, but found the number of clients decreased over the years as people favored hospitals .

 

Doctors at Xiaoshan No.1 Hospital studied Yu's death and ruled some elements in He Ling's recipe could cause liver damage, while the dosage also seemed too high.

 

More importantly, doctors said, was the time Yu wasted by not seeking proper treatment from a hospital.

 
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1 practitioner 11Rzh     
n.实践者，从事者；(医生或律师等)开业者
参考例句：
  • He is an unqualified practitioner of law.他是个无资格的律师。
  • She was a medical practitioner before she entered politics.从政前她是个开业医生。
2 license B9TzU     
n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许
参考例句：
  • The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
  • The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。
3 investigations 02de25420938593f7db7bd4052010b32     
（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究
参考例句：
  • His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
  • He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。
4 toxic inSwc     
adj.有毒的，因中毒引起的
参考例句：
  • The factory had accidentally released a quantity of toxic waste into the sea.这家工厂意外泄漏大量有毒废物到海中。
  • There is a risk that toxic chemicals might be blasted into the atmosphere.爆炸后有毒化学物质可能会进入大气层。
5 swelled bd4016b2ddc016008c1fc5827f252c73     
增强( swell的过去式和过去分词 )； 肿胀； （使）凸出； 充满（激情）
参考例句：
  • The infection swelled his hand. 由于感染，他的手肿了起来。
  • After the heavy rain the river swelled. 大雨过后，河水猛涨。
6 aged 6zWzdI     
adj.年老的，陈年的
参考例句：
  • He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
  • He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。
7 viper Thlwl     
n.毒蛇；危险的人
参考例句：
  • Envy lucks at the bottom of the human heart a viper in its hole.嫉妒潜伏在人心底，如同毒蛇潜伏在穴中。
  • Be careful of that viper;he is dangerous.小心那个阴险的人，他很危险。
8 venom qLqzr     
n.毒液，恶毒，痛恨
参考例句：
  • The snake injects the venom immediately after biting its prey.毒蛇咬住猎物之后马上注入毒液。
  • In fact,some components of the venom may benefit human health.事实上，毒液的某些成分可能有益于人类健康。
9 outraged VmHz8n     
a.震惊的，义愤填膺的
参考例句：
  • Members of Parliament were outraged by the news of the assassination. 议会议员们被这暗杀的消息激怒了。
  • He was outraged by their behavior. 他们的行为使他感到愤慨。
10 specialized Chuzwe     
adj.专门的，专业化的
参考例句：
  • There are many specialized agencies in the United Nations.联合国有许多专门机构。
  • These tools are very specialized.这些是专用工具。

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