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欢迎拍作文小组 argu 51
argument51--bycrazy
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The following appeared in a medical newsletter.
"Doctors have long suspected that secondary infections may keep some patients from healing quickly after severe muscle strain. This hypothesis has now been proved by preliminary results of a study of two groups of patients. The first group of patients, all being treated for muscle injuries by Dr. Newland, a doctor who specializes in sports medicine, took antibiotics regularly throughout their treatment. Their recuperation time was, on average, 40 percent quicker than typically expected. Patients in the second group, all being treated by Dr. Alton, a general physician, were given sugar pills, although the patients believed they were taking antibiotics. Their average recuperation time was not significantly reduced. Therefore, all patients who are diagnosed with muscle strain would be well advised to take antibiotics as part of their treatment."
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The arguer advices all patients with muscle strain to take antibiotics as part of their treatment. To make this recommendation more acceptable, the arguer rules out the result of a relevant study. However, the argument suffers from several flaws.
Firstly, the argument ignores several other possible possibilities that might contribute to the patients' recuperation. It's very likely that Dr.Newland, whose major is sports medicine cured the patients more effectively and efficiently than Dr.Alton, a general physician could. It's also tempting to think that the health situation of the patients in the first group is much better than that of the second group.(你这两个it开始的句子都是在猜测吗?虽然是possibilities,但是对于你的论证貌似没有什么贡献吧) Perhaps the second group of patients is diagnosed with much more severer muscle strain than the that of the first group. Or perhaps the sugar pills, though provided no detail information in the argument, might have severe to affect the recuperation. Without ruling these and other possibilities, it is impossible to reach to merit of the argument.
Secondly, the argument rests on a dubious assumption that secondary infection would certainly happen. And it is for this very assumption that arguer draws a conclusion that antibiotics play an crucial role in the recuperation. However, the argument does not mention any information about the secondary infections. Given the possibility that second infections did not happen among the patients, the credence of the study is open to doubt. And thus, the arguer can not(这是一个小地方哈,我以前也经常这么写,后来发现应该是cannot建议你也改过来) justifiably suggest that antibiotic should be involved in the prescription of muscle strain.
Thirdly, the arguer commits(这个词后面直接接宾语) of a fallacy of overgeneralization. Even we accept the arguer's assumption we discuss above, we still have good reasons to doubt the practicality of the arguer's recommendation. A concrete treatment can not be put into market until it has been proven to be a legitimate one. However, a comprehensive and rational evaluation of a treatment needs tons of studies and experiments, not to mention these preliminary results of a study. Perhaps though the ''antibiotic'' treatment can greatly reduce the people's suffering with severe muscle strain, it might potentially has unexpected side effects, such as dizzy, headache, vulnerability to disease and so forth. Simply based on a single plausible experiment, the arguer can not, and should not hastily draw such a significant conclusion. Otherwise, all we see in the medicine store are poison rather than medicine.
In sum, this argument is not persuasive as it stands. To make it more logically acceptable, the arguer should point our other factors that might affect the result of the study. Moreover, a more comprehensive scientific analysis about the study is needed to evaluate the merit of the arguer's suggestion.(我们应该更加专注于题目的逻辑问题) |
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