Chapter 257: The Beginning of Western Medicine (I)
After establishing that Wu Xing was the deputy commander of the medical battalion and the company commander of the medical research company, Wu Xing was very happy. Because he learned from Li Junxian's mouth that the battalion commander of this medical battalion is a seventh-rank officer, and his deputy battalion commander is probably an eighth-rank official. And Wu Xing has also changed from a slut to an eight-rank official, and this change is too big. However, although this eight-rank official position has not yet been officially recognized by the imperial court, Li Junxian will still pay him a salary, and the salary standard is many times that of his previous one. Wu Xing didn't complain that Li Junxian invited them, so Wu Xing was grateful to Li Junxian instead.
Li Junxian took Wu Xing and those servants to the place where the corpses of the Turkic fallen soldiers were piled up, and it was a mess. Because the Turkic soldiers were all killed by the bombardment of flying thunder artillery, the corpses were mutilated, and there were very few intact corpses. The Turks had more than 1,000 scattered corpses, and Li Junxian brought these works.
"Wu Xing, you take the corpses of these Turks and dissect them. You draw down each part of these people's bodies with a pen, and I will give you a kind of charcoal pen that can be used to draw patterns more easily. Li Junxian said.
Wu Xing asked; "General Li, are you asking us to draw every organ of the human body?"
"Yes! We draw every part of the human body and use it to study the secrets of our human body. Li Junxian said.
"Isn't this okay?" Wu Xing asked.
Both the West and the East in ancient times were opposed to the study of the human body, and even regarded it as taboo. There was a time when the West was strictly forbidden to dissect corpses, and the East was even more strictly opposed and never agreed. Unless it's a criminal case, no one else will be allowed to study the corpse. The ancients thought that the study of corpses was a desecration of the dead, and the dead were highly respected in ancient times, so who would dare to do that? Li Junxian actually asked Wu Xing and them to study the corpse, even if they were a fool. I couldn't accept it for a while.
"Wu Xing, you have to study and draw every part of the human body, the more detailed the better. Now, there are more than a thousand shredded corpses for you to study, and you can take a closer look. Then try to draw these pictures for me, the more detailed the better. I'll show you a new way to draw patterns, so you can draw patterns in detail. Li Junxian said.
Wu Xing finally knew why Li Junxian would say that this matter would be remembered for 10,000 years. Because of this kind of research on corpses, it will not be accepted at all. Instead, it will be disgusted. If the autopsy is for the purpose of a criminal case, it is still excusable, because people want to get justice for the deceased, so it can be forgiven. But if the autopsy is done for no reason, I am afraid that it will be shouted and beaten by everyone.
"General Li, this is too ......," Wu Xing asked.
Li Junxian asked unhappily: "Such a piece is retreating?" Do you think this eight-rank official position is easy to obtain? I'm telling you, it's not that easy. There is nothing easy in this world, you don't dare to take any risks, so you want benefits? I'm telling you. It's not that easy. You're here now, so don't even think about leaving. I began to dissect the corpses of these Turks, and then drew me a detailed drawing of the human body. There are thousands of Turkic corpses here, and you can study them slowly. I'm not afraid of running out of materials. ”
Li Junxian is forcing this Wu Xing to study the corpse, otherwise he would not really study it at all. Li Junxian didn't know how much pressure this matter was? Li Junxian knew that if this matter was not done well, his reputation would probably be ruined. But Li Junxian still has to do it. That is to be able to make medicine develop.
Li Junxian knows, why did the development of Chinese medicine in later generations not develop rapidly? I am afraid that in addition to the loss of various theories, there is another important reason, that is, the vague understanding of the human body. The so-called human body understanding of Chinese medicine. What is the theory of the five elements based on? This theory is too vague to give an intuitive understanding. The vagueness of the basic theory of the human body also makes it difficult to learn Chinese medicine. If even a doctor does not know the structure of the human body and the purpose of each organ, then it will be difficult to solve the problem medically.
In fact, a doctor is similar to a mechanical repairman, except that the doctor repairs the human body, the most complex machine in the world. However, if a mechanical repairman does not even understand the structure of the machine, and relies on his own conjecture to study, although there will be certain results, this efficiency is worth scrutinizing. For a long time, Chinese medicine has been speculating on its own theories, so the theory of Chinese medicine has not progressed quickly. And because of this theory of relying entirely on one's own brain, the result is that those theories of traditional Chinese medicine are obscure and incomprehensible, and people don't know what to do.
Later generations of Western medicine, their theoretical research was based on anatomy, they dared to use corpses for dissection, and constantly studied the mysteries of the human body. Under this most intuitive and direct study, the mysteries of the human body will be gradually revealed, and then Western medicine will gradually catch up with Chinese medicine.
As a historical researcher in later generations, if he looked at the development of Chinese and Western medicine from a historical perspective, he believed that the decline of Chinese medicine was not all caused by the loss of various medical works. The reason why the development of traditional Chinese medicine is getting slower and slower is probably only part of the reason, or even not the main reason. The reason why Chinese medicine is developing slowly is probably because they have too little understanding of the human body. If you don't know about the human body, you have to speculate on the operating mechanism of the human body, which makes Li Junxian feel a little ridiculous.
And Li Junxian also looked at a problem from a historical point of view, several famous doctors in history appeared in troubled times or turbulent times. Although there are famous doctors in peacetime, the probability of famous doctors appearing in troubled times is much greater. Why is that? Li Junxian has a bold guess, that is, there are many patients in troubled times, so doctors have more clinical experience. When a doctor treats a patient, it is a process of understanding the patient's body, that is, a process of studying the human body. However, this kind of research is still indirect research, not direct research.
Western anatomy is very powerful, directly dissecting and studying the human body, doing what the Chinese dare not do. And they're doing it with a large number of doctors, so it's easy to draw conclusions. Once the level of understanding of the body far exceeds that of Eastern Chinese medicine, it is not incomprehensible that Western medicine has developed rapidly.
Therefore, the reason why the development of Chinese medicine is getting slower and slower is not ruled out because the research on the body is not thorough enough. Li Junxian now wants to go through the development process of Western medicine again, so that the so-called Western medicine becomes "traditional Chinese medicine". (To be continued......)