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1、51.Inthisargument,theauthorrecommendsthatpatientswithmusclestrainshouldbeadvisedtotakeantibioticaspartoftheirtreatment.Tosupportthisrecommendation,thearguercitesthatinarecentstudy,patientsinthegrouptreatedwithantibioticsreceivea40percentreductionintheirrecuperationtimecomparedtothegroupwithnon
2、-antibiotics.Atfirstglance,theconclusionmightseemsomewhatreasonable,butclosescrutinyrevealsitcontainsseverallogicalmistakesandisthereforeunconvincingasitstands.Firstofall,thedisparityofthetwogroups’recuperationtimemightnotbetheresultofantibiotics.Instead,itmightbearesponsetoDR.Newlandanddr.alt
3、on’sdifferenceinmedicaltreatment.Asmentionedintheargument,dr.nspecializesinsportsmedicine,whiledr.apossessesanoccupationasageneralphysician.Therefore,itisfairlyreasonablethatdr.ncouldofferbettercuringserviceasresultofhisrichexperienceinhandlingsportsinjuries,andinthecontrast,dr.acouldbedonothi
4、ngbutfollowthebasicroutine,orevenworse,duetothelackofrelevantexperience.Withoutdetailedinformationabouttheworkingperformanceof2doctors,itisunfairtoattributethedecreaseinrecuperationtimetotheusageofantibiotics.Secondly,thestatisticsdoesnotdifferentiatetheseverityofpatients’musclestrain,whichcou
5、ldbethedominantreasonforthegapofrecuperationtime.Theauthorfailstoconsiderandruleoutthepossibilitythatpatientsinthesecondgrouprequirelongertimetorecoverprobablyduetothefactthattheirphysicalconditionsormuscleinjuriescouldbefarworsethattesttakersingroupone.Withoutspecificstatisticsrelatedtothisco
6、ncern,itistoohastytodrawtheconclusionthatantibioticsperformapositiveeffectonthepatientswithmusclestrain.Thirdly,evenassumingthatantibioticshelpspatienthealquicklyafterseveremusclestrain,theauthorhasnottakenintoaccountthatnotallpatientswhoarediagnosedwithmusclestrainsufferfromsecondaryinjuries,
7、whichcastdoubtontheresultofthestudy.Duetotheabsenceofdataaboutthefactionofpatientssufferingfromsecondaryinfections,itisunfairtoinferallthepatientswouldbenefitfromtakingantibioticsaspartofthetreatment.Inassertingthatantibioticsareadvised