Song Yi

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That night, Pan Judgment Bureau came to visit and said that Mr. Tiju from the Imperial Medical Bureau had finally returned from the palace, saying that the illness in the palace had been brought under control, so Du Wenhao was arranged to give a lecture the next day, and He Tiju would attend the lecture in person.

This was a good opportunity for Wuweitang to show its face, so early the next morning, Pang Yuqin and Yingzi dressed up Du Wenhao, sent a silly fat man to help lead the donkey, and came to the Imperial Medical Bureau.

The Imperial Medical Bureau recommends adults to attend in person, who else would dare not come?Now, the auditorium of the Imperial Medical Bureau was full of seats, 300 people from the outer house, the inner house and the upper house, plus all the teachers, sat in the auditorium, all of whom wanted to hear Du Wenhao's strange theory.

Du Wenhao stepped onto the podium, looked at the crowded students and some teachers, and bowed deeply first: "Thank you for your appreciation, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to exchange medical skills with you. First of all, I would like to apologize. Last time I Because of personal affairs, I left halfway and failed to finish the class. This time, I am very grateful for the opportunity to make up for my mistakes. At the beginning of the class, I would like to express my deep apologies for the interruption of my last lecture. .” After that, he bowed again.

There was warm applause from the audience.

Then, Du Wenhao said: "I remember last time I talked about wind as the beginning of all diseases, and I also talked about postpartum stroke in pregnant women. Now I would like to ask a question-what is the cause of postpartum stroke?"

If it was the last lecture, many people would definitely raise their hands to answer, but this time, the head of the Imperial Medical Bureau personally listened, who would dare to speak indiscriminately?If you speak well, people will say that you are showing off in front of Mr. Tiju, but if you speak poorly, it will make people laugh, so everyone shut up and act like a fool.

This made Du Wenhao a little surprised, so he had to ask and answer by himself: "The back of a person is yang, and the abdomen is yin. Stroke, the back is pulled back, such as opisthotonos, so it is called postpartum opisthotonus. This is our current medical view, do you think this conclusion is correct?"

Still no answer.

Du Wenhao had no choice but to answer by himself: "In my opinion, this is not correct. I have already mentioned something in the last class. Postpartum stroke is actually not wind. You may already know that during this period, our Wuweitang was entrusted by the Kaifeng Yamen to provide The yamen is training Wen women. This work is currently in progress, and a considerable number of Wen women have undergone training. Judge Pan once investigated the delivery situation of Wen women we trained, and found that those who were delivered by our new method had a stroke after delivery. The success rate is less than [-]%, which is far lower than that of ordinary women delivering strokes. Judges should know that when the women we train deliver babies, the windows are properly opened for ventilation, unlike other women who leave the delivery room Make it airtight, if the postpartum stroke is really caused by wind evil, then the postpartum stroke rate of our new method of delivery should be much higher than other general delivery methods. Is it so, Lord Pan?"

Judgment Pan stood up, turned around and said to everyone: "That's right, the results of our investigation are indeed like this. After Mr. Du and his Wuweitang trained women to deliver babies, some windows in the delivery room are indeed open for ventilation, and postpartum women also Opening windows for ventilation does not particularly emphasize avoiding wind and evil. And the postpartum stroke rate of their new method of delivery is indeed much lower than that of ordinary deliveries."

Now, the students and teachers in the audience began to discuss in low voices.He Tiju didn't speak, just looked at Du Wenhao with a smile.

Du Wenhao waited for everyone to be quiet for a while before continuing: "So, postpartum stroke is actually not a wind, but a convulsion! It is also a convulsion, which is actually what we call tetanus! It is caused by infection caused by poor surgical disinfection. convulsions, including rigid convulsions and soft convulsions, that's why mothers and newborns have convulsions, chest full of mouth, opisthotonos, and we have mistaken the cause and pathogenesis of postpartum strokes, which makes the delivery room look like a cellar The same airtight, airtight, but will breed pathogens, not only can not reduce or eliminate the occurrence of postpartum stroke, but increase the chance of stroke. Therefore, to treat postpartum stroke, we must first correct the wrong views, you must know Postpartum stroke is actually not wind, but the infection of evil poison in various ways during delivery. To prevent postpartum stroke, it is necessary to strictly disinfect and deliver babies correctly. Only by correcting the understanding of the etiology of this disease can the occurrence of this disease be greatly reduced. "

He Tiju finally raised his hand: "Mr. Du, what do you mean by that, is the view of the ancients wrong?"

"Yes!" Du Wenhao replied with certainty, "Not all the ancients were right. The so-called waves behind the Yangtze River push forward the waves ahead. History is progressing, and the level of medicine in general is constantly improving, because the medical knowledge of the ancients did not fall from the sky. The so-called god-given medical skills are all nonsense. They also start from scratch, from little to many, and form theories based on summarizing experience from successful cases. This kind of theory is not It may be absolutely correct as soon as it appears, and it must be tested by practice and constantly revised. Therefore, we must study medical classics seriously, but we must not blindly worship and superstition the ancients. , the ancient doctors are not as good as our Song Dynasty doctors, and many of the ancients' expositions are also worthy of discussion and revision..."

He Tiju said again: "Mr. Du, can you give me an example?"

"Okay, let's take the medical classic "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" as an example. "Ben Jing" is the earliest medical classic in my country and one of the four major medical classics. It is a classic that every doctor must study repeatedly. A total of There are 360 ​​five kinds of medicinal materials recorded. These medicinal materials are the most commonly used medicines for our treatment of diseases. Its great achievements must not be ignored. However, it also has fallacies. For example, it divides medicinal materials into three grades. It is believed that the top-grade medicines listed in this book are all non-toxic or very weakly toxic, and they can nourish and strengthen, prolong life, and can be taken for a long time. However, this book is listed as the top-grade medicine in the first taste of top-grade , that is, cinnabar, but there is a problem. ——How does the "Benjing" discuss cinnabar, does anyone know?"

This question is very simple. Students are not afraid of losing face, and they can save face by speaking well. Many people raised their hands.Du Wenhao pointed at a student who raised his hands the highest, even half of his body: "This classmate, tell me."

The student stood up and said in a cadence: "The "Book of Classics" says: 'The cinnabar protects the five viscera and diseases of the body, nourishes the spirit, calms the soul, nourishes qi and improves eyesight, kills ghosts and evil ghosts, and can be used for a long time to enlighten the gods and not grow old'!"

"Very good, please pay attention, here it is said in the "Benjing" that taking cinnabar for a long time can 'power the gods and not age', that is, taking cinnabar can lead to Taoism and immortality. This student, what do you think of this assertion?"

The classmate said: "What is written in the classics is not a lie."

Du Wenhao smiled: "Let me ask you something, besides medicinal, what else can cinnabar be used for?"

"Alchemy. Long-term service can make you immortal. It can be used to refine the elixir of immortality."
"Then how many people have taken this pill made of cinnabar and lived forever?"

The classmate was a little dumbfounded: "This..., I have never heard of it. It should be because the refining method is not right."

"Let me ask you again, at what age did Qin Shihuang, who ruled the world, die?"

"Well, according to historical records, it seems to be 50 years old, and died on the fifth parade."

"Qin Shihuang must have taken a lot of elixir, why can't he live forever?"

"This... Maybe it's because the refining method is not right, it didn't work out."

"Although the real cause of Qin Shihuang's death has always been a mystery, one thing is certain, that is, if he did not die from murder or an accident, he should have died from the so-called immortality medicine with cinnabar as the main raw material that he had taken for a long time! Because Not only can cinnabar not make people live forever, but it will make people short-lived! Not only is cinnabar poisonous, but the toxicity is not weak, and it must not be taken for a long time! Long-term use will cause chronic mercury poisoning! Many alchemists use cinnamon to make alchemy and want to live forever. As a result, he died of poisoning in this way. Therefore, the "Ben Jing" listed cinnabar as the top grade, the first of all medicinal materials, and believed that it can be taken for a long time, but it can not live forever. This view is wrong!"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was in an uproar.

An old professor with a white beard finally couldn't bear it anymore, raised his hand and asked, "Is there any basis for what you said, sir?"

For the problem of chronic poisoning caused by long-term use of cinnabar, there has been a lack of understanding among doctors for thousands of years. It was not until the Qing Dynasty that medical records such as "Compendium of Materia Medica" began to notice such cases and recorded them, but their understanding is also vague. Clear.The real discovery of the toxicity of cinnabar came from the results of modern medical research, and it was only in the 80s that it was clear that cinnabar was poisonous.Therefore, Du Wenhao spread his hands: "I have a basis for saying this, but the basis does not come from a certain classic, because up to now, the records of cinnabar are all from the wrong records in "The Classic". There is no way to prove that my conclusion is correct, because cinnabar is not the same as arsenic, it is not highly poisonous, but chronic poisoning caused by long-term use, which cannot be confirmed in a short time."

The professor smiled bluntly: "This means that what Mr. said is based on my own imagination? Is it to impress the public?" Many students and teachers laughed at this statement.

Du Wenhao said coldly: "If you believe in my point of view, if you believe it or not, just listen patiently. If you don't believe it, just go with it!"

The professor stood up abruptly, and said angrily, "Why are you talking like that, sir? This old man just wants to ask you for the basis of your point of view. Isn't it too unrefined for you to say that?"

Du Wenhao retorted: "How do you know what I'm saying is wrong? Since you don't know, why do you say that my point of view is based on imagination, that I am sensationalizing? Is it self-restraint for you to accuse others based on nothing? "

"you……!"

(End of this chapter)