Does garlic protect against vampires? An experimental study？ Article in Norwegian
实验性研究大蒜能否够抗击吸血鬼——来自挪威卑尔根大学的文章
来源PMID: 7825135 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 小顾营养编译
Vampires are feared everywhere, but the Balkan region has been especially haunted. Garlic has been regarded as an effective prophylactic against vampires. We wanted to explore this alleged effect experimentally.
实验目的：全世界的人都害怕吸血鬼，巴尔干半岛地区尤甚。人们一般认为大蒜是对付吸血鬼的有效预防措施。我们打算通过实验验证大蒜的有效性。
Owing to the lack of vampires, we used leeches instead. In strictly standardized research surroundings, the leeches were to attach themselves to either a hand smeared with garlic or to a clean hand. The garlic-smeared hand was preferred in two out of three cases (95% confidence interval 50.4% to 80.4%). When they preferred the garlic the leeches used only 14.9 seconds to attach themselves, compared with 44.9 seconds when going to the non-garlic hand (p < 0.05).
实验过程：由于吸血鬼的缺乏，我们使用蛭类动物（蚂蝗）代替。在严格标准化研究环境下，我们把蚂蟥放到涂了大蒜的手上和干净的手上进行对比。三次实验中两次蚂蟥都更喜欢涂了大蒜的手（95%的可信区间是50.4%到80.4%）。在有大蒜的情况下蚂蟥只用14.9秒就贴到了手上，而没有的时候用了44.9秒才贴上去（p<0.05）。
The traditional belief that garlic has prophylactic properties is probably wrong. The reverse may in fact be true. This study indicates that garlic possibly attracts vampires. Therefore to avoid a Balkan-like development in Norway, restrictions on the use of garlic should be considered.
实验结论：一般认为大蒜是防御道具的传统观念可能是错了，事实正与此相反。这项研究标明大蒜可能会吸引吸血鬼。因此要想避免类似巴尔干事件在挪威的传播，我们应当考虑限制大蒜的使用。
背景知识：
18世纪欧洲各大报刊曾多次报道巴尔干地区村庄中出现吸血鬼，当地人们也认为他们深受吸血鬼的危害。现代人们往往认为吸血鬼传说与狂犬病有关。
注：有一个关于降落伞的meta-分析，也很有意思。
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