Chapter 333: Current Situation in the Field of Medicine
At the end of October 1879, with the establishment of Chang'an (Córdoba) as the new capital and the arrival of a long period of peace in the future, more and more Chinese families poured into the area around Chang'an City.
At the foot of the Son of Heaven and in the heart of the Han Kingdom, the center of power represents the center of power, as well as unlimited opportunities and business opportunities.
In Chang'an City, on a dilapidated street left by the Argentines, one after another storefronts were bought by Chinese businessmen from other places, slightly modified and decorated, and the front of those Western-style houses was soon filled with all kinds of goods.
Around Feng Langzhong's pharmacy, there were 17 empty stores, all of which were bought by other Chinese merchants within a month, and in a few places diagonally opposite and in the middle of the street, three Chinese medicine clinics had opened for business.
The capital is the first good place, where officials, wealthy and wealthy merchants gather, and the huge population means that a large number of Langzhong and pharmacies are needed to provide medical services and treatment.
At the beginning of the Restoration, the Han Dynasty was mainly protected by the Chinese Langzhong who migrated from the mainland, Nanyang and other places in terms of medical treatment, and the doctor Langzhong was a very important profession in the Han Kingdom of South America.
In terms of immigration selection and naturalization and settlement of new immigrants, traditional Chinese medicine Langzhong has received different degrees of preferential treatment, such as setting up immigration reception points in the coastal areas of the mainland, giving priority to sending Langzhong with medical experience to leave by boat, and the sanitary environment of the merchant ship they take is better and more spacious, after arriving in South America, the two-year immigration adaptation period is shortened to half a year, and at the same time, when they set up medical centers and clinics in the mainland, the government will sell them street shops and houses at low prices to ensure that the pharmacy can operate normally as soon as possible.
In terms of business, the medicinal herb merchants who are closely related to the field of medicine are also exempted from part of the tax care, because many medicinal materials used in traditional Chinese medicine are originating in the mainland, and the adapted cultivation of the introduced medicinal herbs and plants in South America is still in the stage of promotion and experimentation, which is far from meeting the local medical needs, and on the other hand, because of the difference in climate and natural environment, many herbal varieties grown in the northern part of the mainland cannot adapt to the local environment of South America. All of them are transported by sea over long distances, transporting herbs purchased from the mainland to the mainland to alleviate the current situation of insufficient supply in the local market.
The development of traditional Chinese medicine in the local area has not been able to develop rapidly due to the lack of professional talents and the adverse impact of the high cost of some medicinal materials, and as a Western medicine alongside traditional Chinese medicine, it has benefited from the progress of biology, physics, chemistry and other scientific fields, and its scientific and practical nature has been greatly improved and developed.
Between 1871 and 1878, the Han government sent 3,278 international students to Europe, the number of medical students was 260, after 1878, the Han government increased the importance and support of the medical field, and gradually expanded the total number of international students and the scale of medical students in terms of foreign official students, and the number of official international students was expected to increase to 1,000 in 1880. The number of international students majoring in medicine increased to 114,
In 1881, it planned to send 1,200 international students and 127 international students majoring in medicine.
In addition to sending foreign students, Li Mingyuan personally issued an administrative order to develop the traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine industries without discrimination, giving white doctors in the local areas, especially the newly merged Argentina and Uruguay, the same status as the Chinese Langzhong, and encouraging Chinese families to go to the nearest Western medicine clinic to see a doctor and get medicine. At the same time, white Argentines who decided to stay in Han mainland and accept government rule could also go to the Chinese medicine hall for treatment.
In terms of the development of Western medicine, some of the professional medical books were translated by the first and second batches of international students who were proficient in foreign languages, and the other part was translated by white doctors in the church hospitals.
Although the Western churches set up church hospitals in the Han Kingdom of South America and the Central Plains and disseminated Western medical knowledge, they certainly had the belief in curing diseases and saving people, but their main purpose was to use the help of church hospitals to help patients, spread Western religions, and open up markets for Western goods to enter China.
The introduction of church hospitals and Western medical books has obvious utilitarian factors, but in line with the guidance of removing its rough and refining it, Li Mingyuan did not regard the church hospital as a flood beast, and was worried that the people of the Han Kingdom would be easily influenced and assimilated by the church hospital, and deliberately refused to introduce it, on the contrary, as long as the church hospital did its duty to treat the sick and save people, accept more Chinese apprentices and translate more medical books, Li Mingyuan would not interfere too much with their missionary behavior, after all, China has been since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. A unique system of oriental civilization has been formed, and it is difficult to lose its independence and autonomy due to the influence of western religion and culture.
In the area ruled by the Han Dynasty, the general statistics show that there are 28 public Western hospitals and 80 private hospitals! There are more than 300 private Western medicine clinics, a total of more than 400 Western hospitals and clinics, about 300 were established by local whites before the occupation of the Han army, and have existed until now, and among the remaining nearly 100 hospitals, the Han government has successively led the establishment of about 40 hospitals, and about 50 foreign Western churches have been established.
In terms of quantity, there are more than 400 Western-style hospitals and clinics, but because the scale of each hospital and clinic is very small, for example, in regular hospitals, there are only three or four doctors who know medical skills, and in small clinics, there is generally only one half-baked doctor who knows how to treat daily fever and cold.
Compared with these peers, Langzhong, a Chinese medicine practitioner who often has several years or decades of experience in treating diseases, is more trusted by Chinese families in the current medical field, such as the pharmacy opened by Feng Langzhong, every morning, before the sky is completely bright, there are already several Chinese people waiting to see a doctor outside the door.
Busy from morning to evening, sending away the last Chinese who came to see a doctor, Feng Langzhong brought angelica, wolfberry, rhubarb, astragalus and other medicinal materials from his hometown to the medicinal materials hall, and placed them in small cabinets in different categories.
"In charge, there is a young man who looks like a businessman outside the door, looking familiar, as if he is the person who often wanders in front of several pharmacies on the street."
The woman held her newly conceived belly and slowly came to her husband's side and said.
"It's the shopkeeper Huang, who should be talking to me about the medicinal herb business."
Feng Langzhong put down the medicinal herbs in his hand, turned around and helped his wife sit down, and advised, "I'm busy with things outside, you're pregnant again, and your body is inconvenient, just raise the baby in the backyard with peace of mind, don't go outside easily." ”
"Dabao was a little naughty, he just ran to the door of the pharmacy on the street, I followed to the door, only to see the shopkeeper Huang standing outside the door and looking out, so he welcomed him to the pharmacy and sat down, and then went to the backyard to tell you."
"Dabao is more than a year old, and he is getting more and more naughty."
Feng Langzhong cried and laughed and said, "Let Mrs. worry a lot, find someone to install a wooden door on the backyard walkway tonight, and save Dabao from running back and forth, disturbing Mrs. to rest in the fetus." ”
"Don't worry, I heard that the ocean-going fleet over there in Nanyang has resumed navigation, and my younger brother and two younger sisters should follow my father on the ship, and in another month or two, they will arrive in the mainland, and with them helping to take care of the pharmacy business, you won't have to be as busy as you are now."
"After my father-in-law, second brother, third sister, and fifth sister came over, our family was reunited, someone helped you take Dabao, and the second brother followed me to see the patient, and our family took root in South America."
"The second brother and third sister are not young, and it just so happens that after they come, I will pay attention to see if there is a suitable family and settle their family affairs as soon as possible." ………………