In 1635, the Dutch built a road from the Chichika region to the city of Geranza to facilitate the transport of sugar cane and sugar, with bridges over the two main rivers along the way. At the same time, in order to facilitate the transportation of small boats, they built the bridge into an arch.

Here, they also built a small hospital to serve the sugarcane farmers so that they could be more physically prepared to devote themselves to productive work.

However, it did not occur to the Dutch in any way that the measures they had taken to increase the production of sugar cane would ultimately be used to facilitate their escape.

Governor Oward, protected by a few loyal clerks and soldiers, ran wild. By the time he reached the Chichi, Governor Oward was out of strength and sick. His body was cold and his face was red, his head was so hot that he couldn't walk at all.

Before he fell unconscious, he shouted: "They are not devils, they must have been made by the Spaniards!" Go to Tamsui and Keelung to find Captain Peter and Bowen, tell them everything, let them be ready to fight back, the company can't do without Taiwan, leave me alone! ”

After shouting, Governor Oward fainted.

His men consulted for a while, and a few soldiers continued their journey towards Tamsui and Keelung, with a few staff members staying behind, and together they carried Governor Oward to the hospital in the Chichi region.

There was only one doctor in the hospital, and in fact, he had to work part-time as a barber and teacher.

He came from a family of executioners, and his long-term exposure to the human body led him to develop a deep interest in the human body.

His father saw that he was smart and studious, so he sent him to a parish school for the poor. What he didn't expect was that instead of studying the doctrine religiously and seeking to be a respected priest, he wanted to go to the University of Padua in Italy. This made the rude executioner's father furious, and he directly knocked him out of the house.

Fortunately, his teacher, an upright priest, gave him some financial support, and he was able to travel from the Netherlands to the University of Padua in Italy. But his origins limited his education. He retreated and became a craftsman first.

At that time, professors would sit in high chairs and give lectures, and assistants and craftsmen would perform dissections offstage.

He took advantage of various opportunities to pursue his studies. At that university, he adored the three men madly and read through their writings.

The first is A. Vesalius and his Anatomy of the Human Body, the second is Harvey and his Theory of the Movement of the Heart, and the third is G. Fracastoro and his Syphilis.

Strictly speaking, "Syphilis" is only a sonnet, and what fascinates him is a point made in the poem by G. Fracastoro, who believes that infectious diseases are caused by a "particle" that can reproduce. It's so interesting, it's a pity he didn't have a chance to communicate with them.

Later, this major at the university was banned by the local church, and he lost his job and study opportunities. Just in time for the East India Company to recruit personnel to Taiwan, he could only apply for the job.

It wasn't until three years later that he heard that the University of Padua was starting the profession again, but he was already in the Chichia region and had become a doctor.

When Governor O'Ward was carried to the hospital, Dr. Rodman was doing an experiment alone.

In fact, he also had two educated natives as his assistants.

They were stronger than the average person, otherwise the patient would have resisted vigorously when he sewed up the wounded person. Especially when pouring boiling oil into the wound, if you don't use a strong assistant to hold the patient, I am afraid that the patient will hurt the doctor. When the two natives heard that the devil was coming, they ran back to their village and hid in fear.

Dr. Rodman didn't care about the rumor at all, but continued to do his own experiments.

He was fascinated by the experiment.

That was a month ago. There was a Ming man who had just emigrated, and he suffered from severe night blindness, like the disease often committed by poor Swiss mountain people.

When Dr. Rodman learned about this, he took the initiative to prepare medicine for the man.

Dr. Rodman stewed fresh bat carcasses with owl eyeballs, then added some rose petals and a small tulip bulb to the soup. Zuihou strained out the soup and prepared to give it to the patient.

The prescription usually works in seven days, and Dr. Rodman used it to cure night blindness in many people, whether they were Dutch or Ming. Who knew that after the man saw what he boiled, he resolutely refused to drink it. Dr. Rodman shrugged helplessly and drank it himself. to prove that this medicine is a good thing.

Dr. Rodman also deliberately blinked his blue eyes quickly and said, "This soup is extremely good for the eyes." ”

Later, he heard that the man had been cured by a doctor who had also just emigrated. Curious, he approached the doctor who was treating the person and asked. Dr. Rodman has been in Taiwan for several years, and he can also hear the general Hokkien dialect.

The doctor's name was Huang Linguang, and according to his own account, he had worked as a clerk in a large pharmacy in Fujian and as a traveling doctor in the countryside. He just went to the cave and found some bat droppings, baked them with tiles, and let the patient take them, and after seven days, the patient was really well.

The two of them even compared to find someone to translate, and Dr. Rodman figured out Dr. Huang Linguang's prescription.

In order to show his sincerity, Dr. Rodman first explained the secrets and efficacy of his prescription to the other party.

He said: "Bats and owls can fly at night, and they must have some God-given ability; Roses have a natural calming effect and are used to stabilize the mood of the sick so that they can become more devout to God; Tulips absorb the sun's rays and carry them to the roots. Therefore, taking their soup can have the effect of dispelling darkness. ”

Doctor Huang Linguang's face was not colorful, but he was very contemptuous in his heart, Xiyi medicine was really nonsense. He also explained to the young Yiren, who seemed to be quite honest and willing to learn.

Huang Linguang explained to him: "The eye disease is caused by the accumulation of liver fire, bat cold, and the night sand produced is Xin, cold, entering the liver meridian, clearing heat and eyes, and activating blood accumulation. Roast it with fire, which can omit the coldness to prevent the cold from being too heavy. ”

Dr. Rodman was so fascinated by this miraculous skill that he even wrote down the name of the medicine "Luminous Sand" at once.

It took Dr. Rodman two days to understand a little bit of what Huang Linguang's words contained. He trembled with excitement, but he didn't expect that the small bat feces could make several prescriptions to treat several diseases. And he felt that he had opened a magical door.

Over the course of a few days, he thought he had figured out a few proper terms. Cold and heat, yin and yang, five elements. But he decided to start with the simplest place first.

Dr. Rodman kept asking Dr. Huang Linguang questions.

"Weishenme said bat cold? What is it measured with? ”

"He was born in a place of great yin and humidity, and it must be very cold."

"Crabs are cold, aren't they?"

"Naturally."

Since then, Dr. Huang Linguang has been continuously harassed by Dr. Rodman, which has annoyed him. Dr. Rodman kept bringing him all kinds of food to judge the heat and cold, and he wrote it down carefully. If it weren't for the fact that he was a Dutch doctor, if he hadn't often brought some food to Dr. Huang Linguang, Dr. Huang Linguang would have beaten him.

After a long time, he slowly figured out the pattern. The so-called cold and heat in Daming medicine can be completely distinguished from the color, taste, growth environment, geographical location, and growing season of the species.

He often wondered when he recorded it, could this law of Dr. Huang Linguang's distinction between cold and heat be generalized to other species? Like something he hasn't seen?

Thinking of this, he smiled a little mischievously, and had a way. Through constant questioning, he clarified the food that Dr. Huang Linguang did not know.

He first brought red peppers and tomatoes. Huang Lin was shocked and said, "What are these two? ”

Dr. Rodman was busy explaining the situation of their growing places one by one, and let Dr. Huang Linguang taste them one by one.

Dr. Huang Linguang pondered for a long time and gave a judgment.

"The so-called chili pepper tastes like a great thing, and it should be able to drive away cold and dampness, but it can be verified...... The surface of the tomato seems to be hot, its taste is sour, it is really cold, and it should be slightly cold...... Pending verification. ”

Dr. Rodman was pleased, as this was consistent with his prior judgment of the cold and heat, except that Dr. Huang Linguang mentioned that the latter was slightly cold.

He wrote it down with great interest: "For Dr. Daming, any law is uncertain, and it can be changed at any time according to various reasons, such as the word slightly cold that I learned today, which is changed from cold." They never look at things in terms of clear and fixed evaluations. I really hope to see what this doctor thinks tomorrow. ”

He took three more things, the first of which was the sunflower seed he had found from the garden of the city of Geranza, and Governor Oward kindly asked him to take more, saying that Taiwan was not suitable for planting this thing, only for ornamentation.

The other two are snow peas and potatoes, which of course are just indigenous names.

After listening to Dr. Rodman's briefing, Dr. Huang Linguang was a little confused, he had never seen these things!

But his long experience as a barefoot doctor has allowed him to remain calm. Doctor Huang Linguang asked him to leave something for the time being, and he studied it carefully.

Three days later, Dr. Huang Linguang came to the door in person.

He said, "As you said, this snow pea is born in the ground, and it does not see the sun, so it should be cold. However, its taste is slightly sweet and should be slightly cold. Potatoes, which are also born underground, are different. It has a shell on the outside and four seeds on the inside. After peeling its shell, it is cold at first, and then it is hot after baking. The sunflower, I have never seen such a strange thing, listen to you, it is born day by day in a flower plate...... It should be something hot...... If you eat too much, you will get fired. ”

Dr. Rodman did not say anything at first, but asked in detail what it meant to be on fire and what the symptoms were.

This time, Dr. Huang Linguang, who had something to ask for Rodmen, patiently told him one by one. Zuihou, Dr. Huang Linguang was a little embarrassed and begged him to give him more potatoes and let him grow more. Dr. Huang Linguang thinks potatoes are a good thing.

Rodmen readily agreed, and told him that it was the company that had shipped them to Batavia and then here, and that now there were natives growing them in the Lower Tamsui River, but I had heard that the yield was not as high as it had been in the Americas.

He said seriously:

"Dear Dr. Huang Linguang, what you said is so right, if you eat too many sunflower seeds, you will definitely have a dry mouth and mouth sores, which is exactly the kind of "fire" you talked about. ”

Dr. Rodman was completely conquered at this point, and the matter can be verified without verification. He had been cured of the disease, and a mercenary who had eaten sunflower seeds had sought medical treatment from him.

He dared to conclude that Dr. Huang Linguang had never seen these things, but he could make an accurate judgment, there must be something called law in it. He became closer and closer to Dr. Huang Linguang.

However, Dr. Huang Linguang rebuked his method of bloodletting treatment, which made Dr. Rodman unhappy. Phlebotomy has been treated for thousands of years. Beginning with Hippocrates, the greatest physician on Shijie, who proposed the doctrine of the four fluids, countless facts have concluded that all diseases are caused by the presence of unclean things in the blood. Dr. Rodman wondered if there really was some kind of small particle in the blood that could split.

Dr. Huang Linguang said lightly: "You should nourish yin and strengthen yang, how can you easily give up your essence and blood?" The bloodline is granted by the parents, how can there be evil things? Nonsense. Dr. Huang Linguang flicked his long sleeves and left decisively.

Yin and Yang, the five elements, Dr. Rodman has not found time to study in detail, but he only knows the general idea.

He thought that blood was just one of the four fluids of the human body, and he couldn't see how precious it was. Weishenme's wise Dr. Huang Linguang disagrees on this point.

However, Dr. Rodman absolutely believes Bacon's sentence: everything in the world can be verified, and there is no correct answer, which only means that we have not experimented enough. Although Bacon was an Englishman, this statement was true.

Dr. Rodman's experiment is to compare different types of bat droppings and treat them separately to see if they really work differently as Dr. Huang said.

On his workbench, there are several copies of bat droppings. One of them is considered by Huang Linguang to be the most haode.

Rodman took note of it:

The most haode bat droppings, they have a rough, tan surface, broken into small particles. Upon closer inspection, you can see brown or yellowish-brown shiny insect heads, eyes, and wings. There is no peculiar smell, no sandy feeling when chewing, and the taste is slightly bitter and pungent, which is called the most haode kind by Dr. Daming.

Then, as he was about to observe other types of, Governor Oward was delivered. He could only put down his research work.

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