在国外,关于体育与治病方面的奇闻异事时有发生,不胜枚举。在这里,笔者仅讲述几件有关足球运动与治疗疾病一类的珍闻趣事。众所周知,精神抑郁症、精神萎靡症、精神分裂症和精神衰弱症之类的病人多半久治不愈,而医生对此也没有什么良策。此类病症越是难治,病人自然是容易丧失信心,导致病情加重,从而形成恶性循环。尽管古今中外的医学工作者进行了各种尝试与努力,想出了各种方式与办法,采取了各种措施与方案,使用了各种药物与器械,然而皆收效不大。因此,在万般无奈的情况下,有人便异想天开地试以观看足球比赛而治疗此类病症。试验结 Abroad, anecdotes about sports and treatment of anecdotes have occurred, numerous. Here, I only talked about a few pieces of anecdotes about football and treatment of diseases. It is well-known that most patients such as depression, mental apnea, schizophrenia and psychosis are cured for a long time, and the doctors do not have any good strategies for this. The more refractory of such disorders, the patient is naturally prone to loss of confidence, leading to aggravating conditions, thus forming a vicious cycle. Despite the various attempts and efforts made by medical workers both at home and abroad, all kinds of ways and means have been worked out, various measures and programs have been taken, various kinds of drugs and instruments have been used, and yet none of them has achieved much success. Therefore, under the helpless circumstances, some people have whimsically tried to watch football matches to treat such illnesses. Test results